Special needs education in Suffolk to get £45m boost
A local authority is to borrow up to £30m to fund hundreds of new special educational needs (SEND) school places.
Suffolk County Council wants to create more than 800 new places. This will take five years and cost about £45m.
The Conservative council's cabinet has approved the first phase of the programme to create places ready for September 2020.
It will borrow a maximum of £30m with a further £15m expected to come from government (DfE) funding pots.
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