Jersey Teachers Nursery Replacement

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A decision made (25/07/2006) regarding Jersey Teachers Nursery Replacement - Update.

Subject:	Jersey Teachers Nursery Replacement - Update
Decision Reference:	MD-ESC-2006-0049	Exempt clause(s):		N/A
Type of Report (oral or written):	Oral	Person Giving Report (if oral):		Liz Middleton, Assistant Director - Resources
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	n/a	Report File ref:		n/a
Written Report – Title:	n/a	Written report – Author:		n/a
Decision(s): · To make public the Minister’s rationale for his decision regarding the funding of a replacement facility at Jersey Teachers’ Nursery, namely that due to changed circumstances he is unable to recommend that the States should guarantee a loan to fund a replacement facility at the Jersey Teachers’ Nursery as was originally envisaged might be possible by the former Education, Sport and Culture Committee. This decision was not made lightly but is based on advice from officers in recognition of changed circumstances as follows: o the increased cost of the development and the ability of the Jersey Teachers’ Nursery to meet the loan repayments; o the establishment of Jersey Property Holdings and its review and rationalisation of the States property portfolio with a review of peppercorn rents; o the publication of the Early Years Strategy and the need to ensure equity in early childhood education provision. · To note an update from the Chair of the Jersey Teachers’ Nursery Management Committee with regard to an alternative way forward.
Reason(s) for decision: When the Minister considered a report on a replacement facility at the Jersey Teachers’ Nursery on 10 July 2007 he made his Ministerial Decision exempt under the Code of Practice on Public Access to Official Information in order that the Jersey Teachers’ Nursery Management Committee and parents could be made aware of his decision in advance of it being in the public domain. This communication process has now been completed obviating the need for Ministerial Decision MD-ESC-2006-0047 to be exempt.
Action required: Officers to discuss the alternative proposal with the Chair of the Jersey Teachers’ Nursery Management Committee.
Signature:			Date of Decision: 25 July 2006