Paragraph 5 Special Schools

(1)

A local education authority must provide in their formula that any amount allocated in accordance with regulation 15(1)(a) in respect of a place at a special school—

(a)

for funding period 1 must be at least 3.4 per cent higher than the amount initially determined in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2005 in respect of a place appropriate to a pupil with the same characteristics at that school under regulation 11(1)(a) of the 2004 Regulations; and

(b)

for funding period 2, must be at least 3.7 per cent higher than the amount initially determined in relation to funding period 1 in respect of a place appropriate to a pupil with the same characteristics at that school under regulation 15(1)(a) of these Regulations.

(2)

(a)

That portion of the redetermined budget share of a special school for funding period 1 calculated otherwise than in accordance with regulation 15 (but not including adjustments due under regulation 23 (excluded pupils)) must be at least 3.4 per cent higher than that portion of the initially determined budget share for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2005 calculated otherwise than in accordance with regulation 11 of the 2004 Regulations but not including regulations 18, 19 (prior year adjustments) and 22 (excluded pupils) of those Regulations; and

(b)

that portion of the initially determined budget share of a special school for funding period 2 calculated otherwise than in accordance with regulation 15 (but not including adjustments due under regulation 23) must be at least 3.7 per cent higher than that portion of the initially determined budget share for funding period 1 calculated in accordance with regulation 15 of these Regulations but not including adjustments due under regulation 23.