Funding for Australian school students with disabilities ‘woefully inadequate’, principals say

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Exclusive: Survey finds schools have reallocated as much as $1bn from other areas to support children with disabilities in past year

Principals and teachers say funding to support students with disabilities is “woefully inadequate”, with schools diverting resources from other areas of their budgets to meet their needs.

A new national survey of 15,000 principals and teachers reports that just 11% of principals feel they have sufficient resources to support the educational needs of students with disabilities.

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