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ACT The Liberal Party Rodney Hide

Not
set out
on
their
website.

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Metiria Turei

Ensure the Special Education Grant (SEG) can provide for the assistance that is needed for the actual number of special needs children in each school
Fund special needs units attached to schools to ensure they remain a viable choice for parents of children with special needs
Ensure that all children who have been identified as having a special learning need, have an IEP in partnership with the child, their whanau/family, teachers, and special education professionals
Ensure that blind children, as appropriate, are provided with Braille, low vision, and orientation and mobility instruction, and that deaf children are taught, as appropriate, sign language and other communication skills and techniques

New Zealand Labour Party Hon Chris Carter

Not
set out
on
their
website.

Maori Party Te Ururoa Flavell

 Fund schools to meet needs of high and complex needs students with a range of options including intensive counseling

National Party of New Zealand John Key

Improve special education services by increasing Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS) funding for pupils with the highest special education needs, expanding special education schools, and encouraging satellite special education schools

New Zealand First

Review the Ongoing Reviewable Resource scheme funding with a view to ensuring that more funding is made available to directly meet the needs of the child as documented through the Individual Education Plan process
Review the student/teacher ratio for Blind and Vision Impaired students from 1:35 towards 1:15
Ensure resources are available to all students with disabilities on an equitable basis
Ensure that the objectives of the New Zealand Sign Language legislation are fully carried out

Progressive Coalition Hon Jim Anderton

We support full funding of the educational needs of children with intellectual disabilities

United Future New Zealand Judy Turner

Promote an increase of funding for early identification of children with special needs and disabilities with targeted systematic, intensive and high quality interventions
Include mandatory course content on teaching children and adults with disabilities in all teacher education
Increase funding for Specialist Vision Teachers so that the internationally accepted ratio for teachers to pupil (1:12) is realised. Currently in NZ the ration is 1:37 which is totally unacceptable
Increase funding to the Ongoing Reviewable Resourcing Scheme (ORRS). Currently 1% of students receive some ORRS funding even though we know that one in five New Zealander's have some sort of disability

You can find the policy positions of more parties by checking these websites.
Alliance New Zealand
Democrats for Social Credit
Direct Democracy Party
Libertarianz
The Republic Party of New Zealand

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