John Swinney, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, has confirmed that parents should not have to raise thousands of pounds for school textbooks because Highland Council has a statutory duty to do so, as outlined in the Education (Scotland) Act.
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John Swinney, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, has confirmed that parents should not have to raise thousands of pounds for school textbooks because Highland Council has a statutory duty to do so, as outlined in the Education (Scotland) Act.
Kate Forbes MSP has written to Highland Council after it was reported that parents at one of the best performing secondaries in the local authority had spent thousands of pounds in the last year alone so the school could buy textbooks.