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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: The Chair welcomed County Councillors K Roberts-Jones and M Weale to their first meeting of the Committee.
Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor E Roderick and G Robson (Co-Opted Member) |
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Election of Vice-Chair Arising from the Annual Meeting of the Council, to elect a Vice-Chair for the ensuing year. Minutes: RESOLVED that A Davies be elected Vice-Chair for the ensuing year. |
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Declarations of interest To receive declarations of interest from Members. Minutes: The Committee received the following declarations of interest from Members:
Item 5 – Amendments to the School Funding formula.
County Councillor K Roberts-Jones declared a personal and non-prejudicial interest as Chair of Governors of Brynllywarch Special School, appointed by the County Council to the Governing Body.
County Councillor S Davies declared a personal and non-prejudicial interest as a member of the Governing Body of Ysgol Dyffryn y Glowyr and Ysgol Bro Tawe, appointed by the County Council to the Governing Body.
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Declarations of Party Whip To receive disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
(NB: Members are reminded that under Section 78 Members having been given a prohibited party whip cannot vote on a matter before the Committee.) Minutes: The Committee did not receive any disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011. |
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Amendments to the School Funding Formula PDF 880 KB To scrutinise the report of the Portfolio Holders for Education and Property and Finance. Minutes: Documents Considered: · Report of the Portfolio Holders for Education and Property and Finance.
Issues Discussed: · This is a review of delegated funding to mainstream schools and not funding to special schools. Issues had been raised by headteachers and the current formula did not always target the right pupils all the time. An adjustment is necessary as whilst pupils with statement of SEN receive funding, schools do not have any additional funding for those with additional needs who are not statemented or for pupils whose needs are identified during the year. · An ALN Sub-Group which included headteachers and officers identified the changes, required and developed and tested a number of models. · The proposed changes relate to primary schools only with the review of secondary schools SEN / ALN funding being undertaken with the wider review of the formula in 2022. The revisions will mean that statemented pupils will have sufficient funding for their needs but that there will also be funding available for other pupils' needs as they arise during the year (allocated by the Powys Inclusion Panel [PIP] Panel). · One of the most important actions being proposed to mitigate the risks of the new formula is to introduce a dampener to minimize disruption in the first year i.e. that gains and losses by schools are introduced more gradually. The changes will be part of a wider move to reform school funding. A monitoring and moderation process will also be introduced. · The Council has 23 specialist centres, 19 in primary or secondary and 4 in pre-school. The Council is required to no longer include the pupils in specialist centres in the pupil numbers when calculating overall school budgets in accordance with School Funding (Wales) Regulations. · Specialist centres are small classes funded by the Local Authority for pupils that have either autism, or moderate learning difficulties / complex learning needs. These are between 6 to 12 pupils. A dampener will also be introduced to minimize disruption in the first year.
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Work Programme The next meetings of the Committee will be as follows:
Minutes: The Committee noted that future meetings of the Committee were scheduled as follows:
Estyn Report – Covid – 26-02-2021.
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