Funding for pupils over compulsory school age
19.—(1) Subject to regulation 21 (budget share adjustments) the budget share for a secondary school or special school that provides education suitable for the requirements of persons over compulsory school age must include an amount (“the Amount”) in respect of that school’s pupils above compulsory school age.
(2) The Amount must include, on a net basis—
(a)an allocation by the local authority in respect of that school’s provision for pupils over compulsory school age in accordance with the conditions of grant payable to the local authority by the Welsh Ministers under section 36 of the 2000 Act (“the Grant”);
(b)any amount which the local authority provides for education of pupils over compulsory school age.
(3) To the extent the Amount is not subject to the conditions in the Grant, a local authority must, in determining budget shares use a factor which allocates funding in respect of pupils over compulsory school age.
(4) A school’s budget share for a funding period must be redetermined before the end of that funding period where the authority receive a written notification from the Welsh Ministers of an allocation of the Grant or a revised allocation of the Grant.