Falkirk Council claims the changes would save £580,000 for the local authority, whose own settings are running under capacity while it funds places in the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) sector.
NDNA Scotland said all 13 private nurseries that receive funded entitlement money have already been put on notice to remove between 10 and 15 three- and four- year-olds per setting.
The proposals, to be voted on by the council at its 2025/6 budget setting meeting on 6 March, are fiercely opposed by Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, as well as early years sector body National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Scotland, and parenting charity Pregnant Then Screwed.
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