School heads are coming together to refuse to make any more budget cuts.
Debts are soaring across Northern Ireland schools, with them predicted to be a combined
£75 million in the red in the next three years. This was before the stalemate at Stormont meant no budget was agreed.
Secretary of state James Brokenshire has since indicated that a Stormont budget he would impose would cut 2.5 per cent from the education pot – a loss of around £50 million.
Schools are saying they will not make cuts that have an impact on children’s education.
Now, the Department of Education’s finance director Gary Fair has written to schools to tell them they cannot plan for deficits.
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