Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED – The Children’s, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee agreed the minutes of the meeting on 10^th June 2015 as a correct record.

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Rebecca Challice, who was substituted by Councillor Pauline Coakley Webb.  

An apology for lateness was received from Councillor Alison Cornelius, who was present from Item 9.

None were declared.

There was none.

Details of public questions received and answered were appended to the report.

There were no supplementary questions or comments.

There were none.

The Director for Education and Skills introduced the item, which related to the Annual Report on school funding arrangements.

Following discussion of the item the Chairman moved to recommendations 1 & 2. Votes were recorded as follow:

The Chairman then moved to recommendation 3. Votes were recorded as follow:

The recommendations therefore carried, and it was RESOLVED:

That the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee:

1.    Note the annual report on school funding arrangements and agree to consult schools on the approach set out in the report.

2.    Note the views of the Schools Forum as set out in section 1.5 of the report and agree to consult schools on the three options for the Schools Funding Formula as set out in section 2.10 of the Appendix.

3.    Delegate to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) authority to make any necessary amendments to the Schools Funding Formula to enable the changes to be included in the submission of the Authority Proforma Tool (APT) to the DfE on 31 October.

3.

The Chairman introduced the item, which related to the future provision of specialist places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Councillor Brian Salinger was invited to speak to the Committee in his capacity as an elected Councillor.

Following discussion of the item the Chairman moved to recommendations. Votes were recorded as follow:

The recommendations therefore carried, and it was RESOLVED:

1.    That the Committee note and comment on the discussion document (Appendix A) and the proposed options set out in paragraph 1.6.

2.    That the Committee note that a further report will be provided to a future meeting with detailed proposals for the purposes of wider consultation.

The Committee noted that, following the agreement of the minutes of the last meeting, the work programme should be updated to include a report regarding key performance indicators that are relevant to the Committee’s work.

The Committee noted the report.

There were none.