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Medium Term Financial Plan 2017 – 2019: Amendment to Funding for Fee-Paying Schools

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A decision made 19 May 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2017-0007

Decision Summary Title:

Proposition to adjust the funding of fee-paying schools

Date of Decision Summary:

18 May 2017

Decision Summary Author:

 

Director Policy & Planning

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Proposition to adjust the funding of fee-paying schools

Date of Written Report:

18 May 2017

Written Report Author:

Director Policy & Planning

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: To reduce the Age Weighted Pupil Unit (AWPU) States funding payable to fee-paying schools by 1.5% in 2018 and by a further 1.5% in 2019. This is with reference to the States Act dated 30th September 2016, in which approval in principle was granted to minor adjustments to subsidies for both States and private fee-paying schools, as set out in appendix 1 of the Medium Term Financial Plan Addition for 2017-19 (P.68/2016) (as amended); and with reference to the States Act dated 14th June 2011, in which the States agreed that changes to the financial arrangements for such schools should be the subject of a separate States proposition before implementation.

Decision(s): The Minister decided to lodge ‘au Greffe’ a proposition seeking the agreement of the States to reduce the Age Weighted Pupil Unit (AWPU) States funding payable to private fee-paying schools and States fee-paying schools by 1.5% in 2018 and by a further 1.5% in 2019.

Reason(s) for Decision: The States Assembly approved the Medium Term Financial Plan proposals, which included a user pays charge described in the documentation as ‘minor adjustments to subsidies to fee-paying schools’.

 

This proposal would alter the funding formula for the States contribution to fee-paying schools in the public and private sector (Victoria College, Victoria College Prep, Jersey College for Girls, Jersey College Prep, Beaulieu, De La Salle and FCJ Primary School). The change will be phased in over two years, beginning in 2018.

 

As a result of changing the base funding formula, a recurring saving of £600,000 will be achieved from 2019.

Resource Implications: Approval of this proposition will enable the Education Department to meet its savings target. If this is rejected, other equivalent savings will have to be found within the Education Department budget.

 

There are no staffing implications because all the necessary work will be conducted within existing teams.

Action required: The Greffier of the States to be requested to arrange for the proposition to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for consideration by the States Assembly at the earliest possible date.

Signature:

Position:  Minister for Education

Date Signed:

Date of Decision:

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