The Education Select Committee is currently conducting pre-legislative scrutiny and has invited written submissions of evidence to be received by noon on Thursday 11 October.
In its response, CSIE has recommended that two sub-clauses are removed from the draft legislation, as they seem inconsistent with current policy, legislation and social values. CSIE has also suggested that the phrase “special educational needs” is no longer used in forthcoming legislation, as the term is ill-defined, unclear and potentially harmful to the young people to whom the label is attributed.
The Select Committee is expected to publish a report of its findings in December 2012.
