The board of the Education Authority (EA) is to hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to try to find over £200m of savings.
The Department of Education has already axed a number of schemes to save money,It is, however, the EA which spends the bulk of the £2.5bn education budget on things such as funding schools, special educational needs , school transport, maintenance and school meals.a freeze on the recruitment of school crossing patrol staff.But board members have been told that the organisation faces a "potential funding gap" of £225m in 2023-24.
The EA has around £438m to spend on SEN in 2023-24, which includes special schools, transport and support for children in mainstream schools.While the overall funding directly to schools is similar to 2022-23, they are unlikely to receive additional money for any "inescapable pressures" such as rising energy and inflationary costs.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the EA said it "remains very concerned about the growing, unprecedented pressures facing education in 2023-24".
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