(UK) Lincs: County Council losing $27M in SPED costs; "there was little they could do about it"
- Sep 1, 2025
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Sept 1, 2025, Lincolnshire World: Lincolnshire County Council faces £20m [$27M] extra school costs amid calls for national change
Lincolnshire County Council’s spending on schools is set to be £20 million [$27M] over budget this year as leaders say the government needs to change the system.
The ballooning costs are mainly down to councils’ responsibilities for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND).
School budgets are ring-fenced, so they can’t push an authority into effective bankruptcy the same way normal deficits can.
A committee meeting on Thursday heard that huge spending on schools was now considered common among councils, and there was little they could do about it.
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