ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Basic Education Act
48. Future provision for children with special needs
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
48. Future provision for children with special needs
(1)A County Education Board shall in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary make such arrangements as they deem fit to enable a pupil with special needs attend an establishment whether or not a school in or outside Kenya if that establishment makes provision wholly or mainly gifted or talented learners or advantage of the pupil for one or both of his or her parents, or some other person, to be present with him or her at the establishment during the period of the attendance, learners with disabilities.(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the arrangements mentioned in that subsection may include defraying, whether wholly or partly—(a)the fees payable for the pupil's attendance and his or her travelling, maintenance and other expenses in respect of that attendance; and(b)where in the opinion of the Cabinet Secretary it would be to the such expenses of, as the case may be, the parent, parents or other person.