Regulation 8 Rate of grant

(1)

Grant at the higher rate shall be payable on any expenditure incurred by an education authority on training for the following purposes, namely–

(a)

training to meet the special educational needs of pupils who have disabilities of hearing;

(b)

training to meet the special educational needs of pupils who have disabilities of sight;

(c)

training to meet the special educational needs of pupils who have severe learning difficulties, including pupils who are both deaf and blind;

(d)

training teachers who have special responsibility for pupils with special educational needs in schools other than special schools;

(e)

training to develop the skills of staff responsible for organising or making provision for students with special educational needs in institutions of further or higher education;

(f)

training educational psychologists;

(g)

training licensed teachers;

(h)

training students participating in the Articled Teachers Scheme referred to in regulation 4(c);

(i)

training teachers to teach Welsh as a second language or to teach through the medium of Welsh;

up to the maximum amount for such expenditure notified under regulation 7(1) or (2).

(2)

Grant at the standard rate shall be payable on any expenditure incurred by an education authority on any other eligible training up to the maximum amount so notified.