The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2022

Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of State

12.—(1) On the application of a local authority, its schools forum may authorise—

(a) the criteria for determining expenditure referred to in paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 2, under regulation 8(5);

(b) the reduction during the funding period of any amount of expenditure deducted in accordance with regulation 8(5);

(c) the making of deductions from the authority’s schools budget of expenditure under regulation 8(6);

(d) the redetermination of schools’ budget shares by removal of any of the expenditure referred to in Part 6 (Items that may be Removed from Maintained Schools’ Budget Shares – Primary and Secondary Schools) of Schedule 2 from schools’ budget shares where it is instead to be treated by the authority as if it were part of central expenditure, under regulation 11(5); and

(e) the redetermination of schools’ budget shares by removal of any of the expenditure referred to in Part 7 (Items that may be Removed from Maintained Schools’ Budget Shares - Primary, Secondary, and Special Schools, and Pupil Referral Units) of Schedule 2 from schools’ budget shares where it is instead to be treated by the authority as if it were part of central expenditure, under regulation 11(6).

(2) Where—

(a) a schools forum does not authorise any of the matters referred to in paragraph (1); or

(b) a local authority is not required to establish a schools forum for its area,

the authority may apply to the Secretary of State for such authorisation.

(3) On the application of a local authority under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may authorise the matters referred to in paragraph (1).