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| Northern Ireland schools receive cash loss reprieve | Northern Ireland schools receive cash loss reprieve |
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| Schools that complained about losing money in a re-organisation of education funding are to be told they will not suffer losses after all. | Schools that complained about losing money in a re-organisation of education funding are to be told they will not suffer losses after all. |
| However, there will still be large gains for some schools in poor areas. | However, there will still be large gains for some schools in poor areas. |
| Assembly members will be told later of the large number of people that wrote to protest about the proposed new system. | |
| The Department of Education received 15,000 responses, with most parents and teachers disagreeing with changes to the way money was being reallocated. | The Department of Education received 15,000 responses, with most parents and teachers disagreeing with changes to the way money was being reallocated. |
| Seventy-seven percent opposed the use of free school meals to determine which schools should get more money. | Seventy-seven percent opposed the use of free school meals to determine which schools should get more money. |
| Six hundred schools believed they would face budget cuts of up to £30,000, but the minister for education has told the assembly that no school will lose funding as a result of the changes he has made. | Six hundred schools believed they would face budget cuts of up to £30,000, but the minister for education has told the assembly that no school will lose funding as a result of the changes he has made. |
| It now appears that most schools that thought they would face budget cuts have been reprieved. | |
| Schools that were due to gain a lot of money will still benefit, but perhaps not as much as they had hoped. | |
| An interim fund of hundreds of thousands of pounds would be set up to cover those still facing small budget cuts, but it is understood that would only last for one year. | An interim fund of hundreds of thousands of pounds would be set up to cover those still facing small budget cuts, but it is understood that would only last for one year. |
| The concessions will be put to the education committee on Wednesday and they will be given a week to respond so that schools can be told their budgets for the next financial year. |