Education minister Huw Lewis wants feedback from across the education sector – and beyond – on the Welsh government’s draft Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill.
The Welsh government claims that the proposed legislation, in which the term “additional learning needs” would replace “special educational needs” and “learning difficulties and/or disabilities”, would create a simpler and more streamlined legislative process to support children who have “ALN”.
The new system would include the introduction of an Individual Development Plan which “will make sure individuals’ rights to provision are protected regardless of the severity or complexity of needs”.
There would also be a new statutory ALN Code – for use across all educational settings for the entire 0 to 25 age range – providing a “set of clear, legally enforceable rules and delivering greater consistency”.
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