Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is currently responsible for 20 children's centres but says it needs to cut its current £3m annual budget by nearly half.
It will retain responsibility for five centres, but they will be converted into "family centres" that offer early help support for children aged up to 18. Responsibility for the remaining 15 children's centres will be handed to local schools.
Dudley Council's lead member for children's services Ian Cooper said the restructure would save the service £1.4m from its 2016/17 children's centres budget of £3m - a reduction of 46.7 per cent.
"The direct savings resulting from transferring the premises costs to schools are estimated to be £177,000," he said.
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