For information on the ARD (Admission, Review, and Dismissal) Process, please see the guides linked below:

Parent's Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process (English)

Parent's Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process (Spanish)

Who are the members of an Admission, Review & Dismissal (ARD) Committee?

• The parents of a child with a disability
• Not less than one regular education teacher of the child
• Not less than one special education teacher
• A representative of the local education agency (LEA)
• For SCUCISD this is a campus administrator
• An individual who can interpret the instructional implications of the evaluation
• Other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the child
• The child with a disability, whenever appropriate
• A teacher who is certified in the education of children with auditory impairments for a child with a suspected or documented auditory impairment including suspected or documented deaf-blindness
• A member of the language proficiency assessment committee (LPAC) when determining participation in state and district wide assessments for a child with limited English proficiency, to address the child's language needs; and
• A representative from Career and Technical Education (CTE), preferably the teacher when considering initial or continued placement of a child in CTE.

What is ESY?

• Extended School Year (ESY) is an individualized instructional program for eligible students with disabilities that is provided beyond the regular school year. The need for ESY services must be determined on an individual basis by the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee. The individualized education program (IEP) developed for ESY must include goals.
• The need for ESY services must be documented from formal or informal evaluations provided by the district or the parents. If a student requires a significant amount of time to recoup acquired critical skills, then the ARD committee must discuss whether the student needs extended educational or related services during school breaks. If the loss of acquired critical skills would be particularly severe or substantial, or if such loss results, or reasonably may be expected to result, in immediate physical harm to the student or to others, ESY services may be justified without consideration of the period of time for recoupment of such skills.

Who determines ESY?

• ESY services, including the frequency and duration, are determined by the student’s ARD committee. Services are student need driven and include a variety of options. ESY goals and activities are reflected in the student’s current IEP.

What disability conditions qualify for ESY?

• ESY services are not limited to particular categories of disability. District information reflects that all disability categories are considered for ESY. Consideration is by individual student need.

Is special transportation available for ESY?

• Transportation, as a related service, is considered and offered to students with disabilities who need this service to benefit from ESY services.

Are you moving and your student/s will be attending SCUCISD?  

If you have a student that currently qualifies for special education services (either in or outside of the state of Texas), please notify their home campus upon enrollment. Copies of the following documents are needed to help make your student's transition into SCUCISD smooth:

• copy of most recent FIE (Full and Individual Evaluation)
• copy of most recent IEP (Individual Education Plan)

If you are new to the area and have any questions about special education services in SCUCISD, for students three years and older, please contact Vanessa Engelhardt at vengelhardt@scuc.txed.net or 210-945-6458.    For questions about special education services in SCUCISD, for students under the age of three, please contact Anjie Pickett, Speech and Language Pathologist, at apickett@scuc.txed.net or 210-945-6484.

To request special education records, please contact Maria (Chris) Gonzalez, DSE Appraisal/Records Secretary, at mcgonzalez@scuc.txed.net or 210-945-6460.  Ms. Gonzalez will gather the necessary information and share the process for requesting records.  

Click Here to view the Document with details on guidelines.

If your child is under the age of three and you feel s/he may need to be tested for special education services, please contact Anjie Pickett at apickett@scuc.txed.net or 210-945-6484.

Please see information on Child Find here. 

If your child is over the age of three and you feel s/he may need to be tested for special education services, please contact the counselor of your child's home campus.   (If your child is not yet attending school, please contact the school in which your child would attend if they were enrolled.)