# The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 13: Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of State

Extent: E+W

(1) On the application of a local authority, its schools forum may authorise—
(a) the criteria for determining expenditure referred to in paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 2, in accordance with regulation 9(5);
(b) the reduction during the funding period of any amount of expenditure deducted in accordance with regulation 9(5);
(c) the making of deductions from the local authority’s schools budget of expenditure in accordance with regulation 9(7);
(d) 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 12(5);
(e) 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 12(6); and
(f) the use of alternative criteria referred to in regulation 22(13) and (14) for the purpose of calculating funding in respect of sparsity.
(2) Where—
(a) a schools forum does not authorise any of the matters referred to in paragraph (1); or
(b) 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.
(3) On the application of a local authority under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may authorise the matters referred to in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/37/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-and-early-years-finance-england-regulations-2026/regulation-13/enacted
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