No insight into spending money for suitable education
It is unclear how the money for extra support for special needs students is spent and how many children receive extra care. AObchair Liesbeth Verheggen calls for basic care to be laid down in law, so that it is clear which care needs every school must meet.
"It is a solution to many problems," Verheggen writes in a letter to the Lower House. Next week, the House will debate about appropriate education. The recent report of the Education Council will therefore be discussed, in which the council warned, among other things, about the lack of accurate data on the number of students receiving extra support.
Spend sensibly
When basic care is enshrined in law, it is clear to schools what they have to pay from their normal education budget for basic support and what money is needed for additional support. According to Verheggen, each partnership now implements appropriate education in its own way. 'There is no insight into the care that is offered through appropriate education', Verheggen writes.
It is unacceptable that school boards have millions of euros at their disposal while they do not have to provide insight into whether they are spending it sensibly.
Yesterday it turned out that partnerships do not always spend the money for appropriate education. Over the past eighteen months, EUR 111 million has remained. In Education Magazine 18 Internal supervisor Susan Putten wrote in an opinion piece that the money for suitable education will disappear. A lot of money for appropriate education is leaking away through administrative clay layers, she concluded. Putten writes that through partnerships hardly any account is given for the quality and use of the money.
If partnerships only have to make decisions about a limited part of the care offering, Verheggen writes, the Ministry of Education can also see much faster where the money remains for specialist support.
End to ambiguity
Basic care means the end to all ambiguity for parents and students. Now there are big regional differences. 'That promotes legal inequality', according to Verheggen. 'Basic care creates order and reduces everyday noise. It can then again be about the student. '
