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by admin on 15 February, 2017
Devon County Council will set it’s budget for the next financial year tomorrow (Thursday). Conservative plans to cut various area of spending can be avoided if they listen to the Lib Dem proposals ( but don’t hold your breath!)
School cuts worth £2.2 million need not happen. Head Teachers across Devon are angry about an additional cut, worth £33 per child, from school budgets which is proposed by the Conservatives.
School budgets are at breaking point already. Teachers and Governors are struggling to make ends meet and are projecting redundancies, which can only damage children’s education.
Devon is already massively underfunded by central government who give Devon children £290 less than the national average.
Money is available in what is known as a “service transformation” pot, and some of that could be better used for our children’s education.
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