Consultation on financial issues10

1

The authority must consult the schools forum annually in respect of the authority's functions relating to the schools budget, in connection with the following—

a

arrangements for the education of pupils with special educational needs F1, and in particular—

i

the places to be commissioned by the local authority in different schools and other institutions, and

ii

the arrangements for paying top-up funding to schools and other institutions;

b

arrangements for the use of pupil referral units and the education of children otherwise than at school F2, and in particular—

i

the places to be commissioned by the authority and by schools in pupil referral units and other providers of alternative provision, and

ii

the arrangements for paying top-up funding to pupil referral units and other providers of alternative provision;

c

arrangements for early years provision;

d

administrative arrangements for the allocation of central government grants paid to schools via the authority.

2

The authority may consult the forum on such other matters concerning the funding of schools as they see fit.