Regulation 2 Amendment of the School Finance (England) Regulations 2011

The School Finance (England) Regulations 2011^f1 are amended as follows.

For paragraph 30 of Schedule 2, substitute—

“30.

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), expenditure on library services for primary and special schools, provided that the local authority—

(a)

notify the governing body of each school which does not receive funding for library services in its budget share of the amount attributable to library services for that school; and

(b)

allow the governing bodies of those schools to determine whether the expenditure on library services in respect of their school is to be spent by—

(i)

the authority in themselves providing library services to the school; or

(ii)

the authority procuring library services from another local authority.

(2)

Expenditure of the description referred to in paragraph (1) may not be deducted where—

(a)

funding for library services in respect of a particular school was delegated before April 1999 and remains delegated; or

(b)

the governing body of any primary or special school have elected to receive funding for library services as part of their school’s budget share.”.