Today the Secretary of State for Education provided notice to modify the duty relating to education, health and care (EHC) plans during the coronavirus outbreak. It will modify the duty on local authorities to secure special educational provision and on health commissioning bodies to arrange health provision in accordance with EHC plans, so that they can discharge this by using their ‘reasonable endeavours’.
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Modification notice from DfE: EHC plans legislation changes
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Changes to the law on education, health and care needs assessments and plans due to coronavirus