NDM6975 Welsh Conservatives debate - School Funding
NDM6975 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.
Business type: Debate
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 09/06/2021
Decision due: 20 Feb 2019 by Plenary - Fifth Senedd
Lead member: Darren Millar MS