Agreement on funding of M Decree for schools
The allocation of the €103 million available to schools to help implement the M Decree, which mainstreams special-needs pupils, has been decided
Training and equipment
In 2009, all Belgian governments ratified the UN treaty on the rights of people with a handicap, which stipulates that they have the full right to participation in society, including education. Until 2015, some 4.4% of pupils in Flanders were in special education schools.
The M Decree took effect in 2015, but the financing has remained unclear until now. Yesterday an agreement was reached on how to allocate the €103 million annual funding meant to help outfit classrooms with any special equipment needed and train teachers how to handle specific needs of pupils.
About 30% of the total amount of funding available will be allocated depending on the number of special-needs children in the school. The rest will be allocated based on the total number of children per school.
According to the newspaper De Morgen, the Go! education network is “dissatisfied” with the allocation of the funding, which it referred to as “not advantageous” to its network. The system of allocations will see schools in the Catholic Education Network receive more of the funding.
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