Shropshire councillor hits out over Llanfyllin school bus ruling
Families are being let down by a council's insistence they must pay to transport their children to school, according to a neighbouring authority.
Shropshire Council has hit out Powys County Council over its decision to enforce a policy which means parents of 149 Shropshire pupils attending Llanfyllin High School will no longer have their transport costs subsidised.
The policy will come into force from 2018 and could cost parents £660 a year.
It has called on the Mid Wales council to rethink the decision, claiming that parents chose the school with the belief that they would not face transport costs.
David Minnery, Shropshire Council's cabinet member for children and young people, said it was "not reasonable" to change the policy for existing pupils.
He said: "Shropshire parents are reporting to their local councillors that they will struggle to afford these increased costs, and through no fault of their own.
"These parents chose to send their children to Llanfyllin High School on the basis that subsidised transport was provided, and it is simply not reasonable to change that policy for those families. They have been let down by Powys County Council."
Powys County Council leader, Councillor Barry Thomas said the authority would be responding "in due course".
