Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education pursuant to AQW 52394/22-27, to detail any plans his Department has to reform funding for special educational needs and disabilities provision in rural schools.
Minister of Education: The department has no current plans to reform funding arrangements specifically for Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision in rural schools.
The Education Authority (EA) has advised that:
The EA continues to work with the Department of Education and schools to support the effective delivery of SEN provision within available resources.
As part of ongoing SEN Reform and service improvement activity, funding arrangements will continue to be kept under review, with any future changes subject to departmental agreement.
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