PART 3Determination of Budget Shares etc.
CHAPTER 1Requirements, and Factors and Criteria Taken into Account
Differential funding20.
(1)
For the purpose of determining (including redetermining)—
(a)
budget shares for nursery schools maintained by it;
(b)
amounts to be allocated in respect of nursery classes in schools maintained by it;
(c)
amounts to be allocated to relevant early years providers in its area; and
(d)
amounts to be allocated in respect of community early years provision in schools maintained by it,
a local authority may use factors or criteria which differentiate between different categories or descriptions of school or provider on the basis of unavoidable costs.
(2)
In particular, a local authority may include an additional sum in the budget share of each nursery school maintained by it.