Issue - meetings

[To delegate authority to approve decisions relating to the future investment of the Special Provision Capital Fund]

1.       Endorsed the acceptance of a grant of £1,158,571 over three years from the Department of Education in relation to the Special Provision Capital Fund.

2.       Endorsed the development of the planned investment of the Special Provision Capital Fund, in line with the guiding principles set out in the report.

3.       Delegated authority to the Cabinet Member for Education, in consultation with the Director of Education, for decisions relating to the future investment of the Special Provision Capital Fund.

Councillor Claire Darke presented the report on the capital fund from Central Government to help local authorities create new school places and improve existing facilities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).  The report also outlines principles intended to guide the future investment of the capital resource.  Approval was requested to delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Education, in consultation with the Director of Education, to make decisions relating to the future investment of the Fund. This would maximise the opportunity for investment in provision for children and young people with SEND and support the realisation of the aims identified within Wolverhampton’s Joint Strategy for Children and Young People with SEND 2015-2020.

Resolved:

1.    That the acceptance of a grant of £1,158,571 over three years from the Department of Education in relation to the Special Provision Capital Fund be endorsed.

2.    That the development of the planned investment of the Special Provision Capital Fund, in line with the guiding principles set out in the report be endorsed.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education, in consultation with the Director of Education, for decisions relating to the future investment of the Special Provision Capital Fund.