[senco-forum] Select Cttee Enquiry about SEN asst and funding.

Dear Colleagues, 

In case you do not already know, the  House of Commons Education and Skills  Select Committee are calling for submissions about the separation of assessment of need from funding of provision. This is a follow-up to their recent report and the government's response to it.  They want written submissions by June 25th relating to 4 questions:

~ How might assessment of special educational needs be undertaken other than by the relevant local authority without the establishment of a new separate agency for the purpose?

~ How might local accountability for assessment be maintained if 
the local authority does not directly undertake the assessment?

~ What other issues need to be addressed in order to make the 
separation of assessment and provision effective?

~ What models from other countries could usefully be drawn on to 
demonstrate how separation of assessment and funding for special 
educational needs might be achieved?

Full details of the press notice are on the Cttee's website:

http://www.parliarment.uk/parliamentary_committees/

education_and_skills_committee

Please note that the hyphens are all underscores.

Kind regards - Klaus Wedell