ERO’s Takeover of the Ministry’s SELO 1 Funding Contradicts Regulation Requiring Providers to Pay for Compliance Support

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ERO has taken control of a key ECE support fund previously administered by the Ministry of Education, raising questions about how the funding will operate under new regulations that allow the Director of Regulation to require providers to pay for specialist help themselves.
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