{
  "id": 16579297,
  "title": "Regional Centres for Education cutting supports to students with exceptionalities to save money: parents, union",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/regional-centres-for-education-cutting-supports-to-students-with",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T09:02:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/regional-centres-for-education-cutting-supports-to-students-with-exceptionalities-to-save-money-parents-union"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "HALIFAX, NS — CUPE School Support workers have learned that recent layoffs of Educational Program Assistants may be tied to a directive from the province to reassess the support needs of students already receiving assistance. Shelley McNeil, president of CUPE Local 5047, Halifax Regional Centre for Education, says more than 50 educational program assistants were […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}