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NDM6975 Welsh Conservatives debate - School Funding
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Meeting: 20/02/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - School Funding
NDM6975 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the current 'school services'
indicator based assessment (IBA) formula which calculates how much funding each
local authority notionally needs to spend on its schools.
2. Recognises:
a) the lack of transparency in the IBA
formula and subsequent local authority school funding decisions; and
b) the public confusion surrounding how
schools are individually funded via local authorities, regional consortia and
specific Welsh Government grants.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a comprehensible means of
evaluating and communicating the effectiveness of all streams of school
funding, in particular;
a) their impact on the attainment and other
outcomes for learners;
b) staff support and development;
c) school standards; and
d) delivery against the objectives of wider
Welsh Government policy.
The following
amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all and replace with:
1. Notes that the current 'school services'
Indicator Based Assessment (IBA) formulae model the authorities’ relative need
to spend on school services, given the funding available and making assumptions
around council tax and prioritisation of spending.
2. Welcomes the recently published ‘Funding
for schools’ guide that clarifies arrangements for funding schools
3. Recognises that all Welsh Government
funding and policy guidance to local authorities, education consortia and
schools support delivery in line with the ‘Our National Mission’ action plan to
raise standards, reduce the attainment gap, and deliver an education system
that enjoys public confidence.
Minutes:
The item started at 17.59
Voting on the motion and
amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the
motion without amendment:
NDM6975 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the current
'school services' indicator based assessment (IBA) formula which calculates how
much funding each local authority notionally needs to spend on its schools.
2. Recognises:
a) the lack of transparency
in the IBA formula and subsequent local authority school funding decisions; and
b) the public confusion
surrounding how schools are individually funded via local authorities, regional
consortia and specific Welsh Government grants.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a
comprehensible means of evaluating and communicating the effectiveness of all
streams of school funding, in particular;
a) their impact on the
attainment and other outcomes for learners;
b) staff support and
development;
c) school standards; and
d) delivery against the
objectives of wider Welsh Government policy.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
18 |
0 |
26 |
44 |
The motion without
amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments
were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all and
replace with:
1. Notes that the
current 'school services' Indicator Based Assessment (IBA) formulae model the
authorities’ relative need to spend on school services, given the funding
available and making assumptions around council tax and prioritisation of
spending.
2. Welcomes the
recently published ‘Funding for schools’ guide that clarifies arrangements for
funding schools
3. Recognises that
all Welsh Government funding and policy guidance to local authorities,
education consortia and schools support delivery in line with the ‘Our National
Mission’ action plan to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap, and deliver
an education system that enjoys public confidence.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
26 |
0 |
18 |
44 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the
motion as amended:
NDM6975 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
1. Notes that the
current 'school services' Indicator Based Assessment (IBA) formulae model the
authorities’ relative need to spend on school services, given the funding
available and making assumptions around council tax and prioritisation of
spending.
2. Welcomes the
recently published ‘Funding for schools’ guide that clarifies arrangements for
funding schools
3. Recognises that
all Welsh Government funding and policy guidance to local authorities,
education consortia and schools support delivery in line with the ‘Our National
Mission’ action plan to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap, and deliver
an education system that enjoys public confidence.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
26 |
0 |
18 |
44 |
The motion as amended was
agreed.