Issue - meetings

Cabinet received a report setting out the County Council's proposed short plan of recommendations for the conditional funding allocation of £2,049,599 from the Department for Education Special Provision Capital Fund, established to help local authorities create new school places and improve existing facilities for children and young people aged 0-25 with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.

Resolved: That

  i.  the short plan of recommendations on how to spend the Special Provision Capital Fund (SPCF) to be published on the Local Offer by March 14th 2018 be approved.

  ii.  The decision be implemented immediately for the purposes of Standing Order 35 as any delay could adversely affect the execution of the County Council's responsibilities. The reason for this was that the local authorities SEND capital intentions must be published by 14th March 2018 in order to release the funding.