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Special Educational Needs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Questions (416)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

416. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if clarification will be provided on a matter in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48260/21]

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The allocations made to schools under the CLASS programme are additional allocations of teaching hours for each school and are provided on a graduated and proportionate basis based on school size, as set out in DES Circular 45/2021.

All allocations are based on the enrolment data drawn from 2020/21 school enrolments as published on the Primary and Post Primary Online Databases.

 Schools do not need to apply for the hours as they are allocated automatically based on school size.  As there is no application process, there is not a requirement for a review or appeal mechanism.

Special schools and schools which are in the Department’s Delivering Equality of Opportunity in School (DEIS) scheme received enhanced allocations.

Whereas there is not a specific enhanced CLASS allocation for schools, on the basis of the school having a special class, or classes, it should be noted that children attending the special classes are counted as part of the overall school enrolments for the allocation of CLASS hours.

  Pupils in special classes are counted as part of the overall school enrolments for the allocation of mainstream school teachers, for the allocation of special education teachers, while special classes also receive enhanced pupil/teacher staffing and SNA staffing allocations.

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