The reality however, is quite the reverse. The fact is, the funds do not benefit those in the special schools. The reason there is a strong incentive to place Romani children in special schools is that for each child placed in this deficient provision, the local authority receives a generous budgetary supplement. There is therefore a direct incentive for local authorities to maximise the number of Romani children in such special schools. As a result of this institutional financial structure, Romani children are herded into there schools.
Romani children are no more than a commodity used to negotiate local authority budgets.
However, there is no relationship between the funds received and those which are in fact spent to try and assist these children. The money does not benefit the special school children. On analysing the situation a close quarters, observers have noted that there are no non-Roma children in most special schools. It is evident that in rural communities, non-Roma family backgrounds and educational status are sometimes little better than the Roma. According to one knowledgeable source, it is not possible to place non-Roma children into special schools because of the political implications.