Sentences with phrase «from local authority budgets»

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children aged 0 to 5 with SEN whom the local authority decides to support from its high needs budget, some of these children may have EHC plans if identified at an early stage, but this is not a requirement

In all cases local authorities and institutions will need to agree a mutually acceptable approach that represents best value and the local authority will need to fund this from its high needs budget.

However, local authorities and institutions will need to agree an acceptable approach that represents best value and the local authority will need to fund this from its high needs budget.

Each local authority will decide how high needs places and children in these institutions are funded, from their early years and high needs budgets.

This is paid by the local authority in which the pupil or student is resident or belongs (in the case of looked after children), from their high needs budget, in line with their place commissioning.

Either way, this specialist provision is not funded through the main school funding formula; the place or central service funding comes from the local authority's high needs budget.

Local authorities in England and Wales currently have the highest highway maintenance budget (# 3.5 Bn) in a decade, up 20 % on last year, with funding from central Government (# 1.2 Bn) also at a 10 year high.

The average annual budget shortfall for English authorities to spend on carriageway maintenance is # 3.4 M, down from # 5M last year, according to figures contained in the Association's Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey.

«The biggest threat to the human rights of older people receiving care at home is from cuts to adult social care budgets and it is very unclear whether tightening eligibility criteria to care will allow local authorities to continue to meet their human rights obligations,» she said.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has revised its estimates for council tax increases down from the previous forecast of 3.5 per cent, as local authorities are revising their budLocal Government Association (LGA) has revised its estimates for council tax increases down from the previous forecast of 3.5 per cent, as local authorities are revising their budlocal authorities are revising their budgets.

Mr Healy went on to claim local authorities had benefited from the first - ever three - year settlement, giving them the stability to plan ahead and manage their budgets effectively.

Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass cuts down to local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.

The Taxpayers» Alliance said it hopes councils could follow the lead of local authorities like Hammersmith and Fulham, which are «trimming the fat from their budgets» and still providing much - needed services for local people.

The Authorities Budget Office, created about a decade ago, now monitors nearly 600 state and local public authorities, according to its most recent annual report, and posts machine - readable datasets online culled from authoriAuthorities Budget Office, created about a decade ago, now monitors nearly 600 state and local public authorities, according to its most recent annual report, and posts machine - readable datasets online culled from authoriauthorities, according to its most recent annual report, and posts machine - readable datasets online culled from authority reports.

Molinaro also said county governments need state support and cooperation to improve local economies and enhance local tax bases, including local home rule authority to enact budget proposals, as well as the legislative relief from the burden of unfunded mandates.

As schools move away from local authority control and the government gives them an increasing amount of autonomy to spend their budgets as they see fit the need for teachers, the reason for ICT heads and school leaders to visit Bett strengthens.

The funding differences are even more stark: if a new school is opening under the free school programme the capital funding comes from the generous free school budget but if a local authority is opening a new school, the funding must come from either general local authority funds (the calls upon which of course are many), or more likely from «targeted basic need funding», which is funding provided by the DfE to address the shortage of school places.

Creating a building with such thought out heating processes from the outset means the school could be produced with a local authority budget but will continue to conserve energy and money because of its performance capabilities.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

With the move to push responsibility for school budgets down to head teachers and away from local authorities, there is an opportunity to introduce lots more schools across the state sector to the Firefly platform.

As we are all aware, educational establishments at primary and secondary school level rely on funding from the local education authority and in times where austerity budgets are tight, as should be expected with what little additional funds there are, funding is better put to use providing teaching aids to enhance the students learning rather than providing for their security.

Four of the five worst hit local authorities — Middlesbrough, Reading, Isle of Wight, Doncaster — face further budget cuts over the next two years, even after taking into account any gains predicted by the Department for Education from its new funding formula.

Even though education and local authority budgets are being squeezed, API members pride themselves on creating stimulating, challenging, engaging and fun places that children enjoy playing and learning in and that teachers and nursery managers see immediate benefits from.

The protest, ahead of next week's Budget, has been organised by regional groups of head teachers representing schools with 3.5 million pupils in 30 local authorities from Cornwall to Cumbria.

But Mr Shaw added: «In an era of universal academisation and tight local government budgets, it is far from clear that local authorities are best placed to monitor the quality of SEND provision in schools.»

Christine Blower, from the National Union of Teachers, said: «This is another example of the financial pressures that the academies policy has brought to bear on local authorities» education budgets.

A proposed national funding formula for schools, which would be introduced next year, would see budgets going straight to schools, removing local authorities from being a channel for funding.

Although local authority - maintained schools, where staff are employed by the council, don't have to pay the levy directly, many town halls are top - slicing the levy payments from their schools budgets.

They will need to know how to design services which appeal to new «customers» — clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) led and owned by GPs but with representation on their board from nurses, hospital doctors and lay members, the NHS commissioning board and its regional outposts based initially on clusters of PCTs, local authorities, who have a new duty to improve public health, and of course increasingly savvy personal budget - holding patients and service users.

The scheme commenced on Budget Day (8 July) and local authorities (LAs) will be able to claim in arrears for inter-agency fees paid for eligible children from that date.