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More than €1 million has been allocated to a new free primary school book scheme in Kilkenny.
The landmark new funding package secured in Budget 2023 will see free schoolbooks provided in all primary schools and special schools, in a permanent measure designed to ease some of the financial burden facing families with back-to-school costs.
Grant payments being made to schools this week will eliminate the cost to families for all schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks at primary school, including special schools. Schools will receive €96 in respect of each pupil enrolled, with the scheme involving a total spend of €53,584,032.
Under todays announcement Kilkenny has been allocated a total grant of €1,075,392.
Cllr Deirdre Cullen, who is a teacher and a Home School Community Liaison Coordinator working with DEIS schools in Kilkenny and is on the Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board, warmly welcomed today's announcement, which will be a huge benefit to all families with children attending primary and special schools in the county.
Where the funding allows, some related classroom resources may also be provided by schools under the new scheme. Schools will communicate with parents in relation to the scope of the scheme in their school. Guidelines for the operation of the scheme are available online at https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/933a9-free-primary-schoolbooks-scheme/
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