Special needs budgets for parents

London : United Kingdom | May 14, 2012 at 4:28 PM PDT

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Special needs budgets to be controlled by parents BBC News education correspondent The plans aim to create a more integrated and less bureaucratic system for children with special needs Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major... FULL ARTICLE AT BBC

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