Personal Budget

The head lines in todays BBC news 

Special needs budgets to be controlled by parents ... 

Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major shake-up of the system in England.

The government says it wants to push ahead with proposals announced last year that parents should have a "personal budget" for their children.
The changes could also see fewer children in the special needs category.
Children's minister Sarah Teather said the current system was "outdated and not fit for purpose".
But head teachers' leader Brian Lightman warned: "Tightening the criteria for being identified as having a special need must not be a cost cutting exercise."

I know what my thoughts are ... that it may be "too good too be true" .. I hope I`m wrong ,and it will be beneficial to families of children with needs ... what are your thoughts ??
There is more information on the BBC website :-
               http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18061348