Regulation 12 Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of StateI1
England and Wales
On the application of a local authority, its schools forum may authorise—
the criteria for determining expenditure referred to in paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 2, in accordance with regulation 8(5);
the reduction during the funding period of any amount of expenditure deducted in accordance with regulation 8(5);
the making of deductions from the local authority’s schools budget of expenditure in accordance with regulation 8(7);
the redetermination of schools’ budget shares by removal of any of the expenditure referred to in Part 6 of Schedule 2 from schools’ budget shares where it is instead to be treated by the local authority as if it were part of central expenditure, in accordance with regulation 11(5);
the redetermination of schools’ budget shares by removal of any of the expenditure referred to in Part 7 of Schedule 2 from schools’ budget shares where it is instead to be treated by the local authority as if it were part of central expenditure, in accordance with regulation 11(6); and
the use of alternative criteria referred to in regulation 21(13) and (14) for the purpose of calculating funding in respect of sparsity.
Where—
a schools forum does not authorise any of the matters referred to in paragraph (1); or
a local authority is not required to establish a schools forum for its area,
the local authority may apply to the Secretary of State for such authorisation.
On the application of a local authority under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may authorise the matters referred to in paragraph (1).