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A suggestion that schools in Powys could move to a four-day week to reduce running costs has been scrapped.

Head teachers were previously told that pupils could be taught online for one day a week to help balance the books.

This guidance has now been removed following advice from the Welsh government.

The Powys cabinet member for learning, Pete Roberts, said the council would continue to look for more options "which do not impact on our learners."

He said that a four-day school week was the "most extreme" option put forward to deal with rising inflation and energy costs.

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