Jersey College for Girls and Jersey College Preparatory: Request by governing body to increase fees for the academic year 2020-2021

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A decision made on 26 August 2020

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2020-0013
Decision Summary Title:	Jersey College for Girls and Jersey College Preparatory - request by governing body to increase fees for the academic year 2020-2021		Date of Decision Summary:	24 August 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Fee increases for fee-paying provided schools – Jersey College for Girls and Jersey College Preparatory School		Date of Written Report:	24 August 2020
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt Article 33
Subject: Jersey College for Girls (“JCG”) and Jersey College Preparatory (“JCP”) - Approval of fees for the academic year 2020-2021.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the fees to be increased from 1 January 2021 for the second two terms of the 2020-21 academic year, as proposed by the governing body of JCG (£2,060 per term) and JCP (£1,990 per term), an increase of 5%. She further confirmed that, in accordance with the Public Finances Manual, the Minister for Treasury and Resources had previously endorsed the fee increases for JCG and JCP under MD-TR-2019-0062
Reason(s) for Decision: To meet the requirements of Article 13a of the Education (Jersey) Law 1999 which requires that the fees set by the respective governing body are approved by the Minister.
Resource Implications: The fee increase for JCG is forecast to result in additional income of £210,000 for 2021 (based on an indicative fee increase of 5% for the academic year 2020-2021). The fee increase for JCP is forecast to result in additional income of circa £106,000 for 2021 (based on an indicative fee increase of 5% for the academic year 2020-2021).
Action required: Private Secretary to advise the governing body that the Minister has approved the increase in fees.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Education
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: