{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-and-early-years-finance-england-regulations-2026/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-and-early-years-finance-england-regulations-2026/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/37",
  "legislation_title": "The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-and-early-years-finance-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Minimum funding guarantee",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided for in this regulation and excluding any amount to be allocated in respect of nursery classes or community early years provision, in determining (including redetermining) budget shares for primary and secondary schools maintained by it (other than special schools, pupil referral units and nursery schools), a local authority must ensure that an amount equal to the guaranteed funding level is included, calculated in accordance with Schedule 3 (minimum funding guarantee).\n(2) For the purpose of determining budget shares, paragraph (1) does not apply to any school opening during the funding period, except in the circumstances set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 (guaranteed level of funding for a new school replacing two or more schools discontinued during the funding period).\n(3) Where authorised to do so by the Secretary of State under regulation 43(1)(o), a local authority may alter the operation of this regulation and Schedule 3 in determining (including redetermining) budget shares.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 29 in force at 11.2.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/37/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:21.501156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}