Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities have vowed to keep 'fighting' after free school transport was scrapped in the budget
Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities have vowed to keep 'fighting' after free school transport was scrapped in the budgetBirmingham City Council faces a “deluge” of appeals from parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities over cuts to school transport services, parents and insiders have said.
It comes amid a backdrop of rising SEND appeals, with a report by the Birmingham City Council’s Education, Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, published in July last year, showing the authority is already experiencing “capacity issues”. Adrian Weissenbruch, assistant director of Home to School Transport at Birmingham City Council, ran a consultation meeting for parents on 7 March where he confirmed the service was changing.Sabiha Aziz, a local campaigner who has two SEND children, said she is one of many parents currently gathering evidence to appeal on behalf of her 18-year-old son Adam.
Ms Aziz continued: “The appeal is going to take up all of my summer when my young people are at home and I should be spending time with them.