{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-finance-england-regulations-2011/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-finance-england-regulations-2011/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/371",
  "legislation_title": "The School Finance (England) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-finance-england-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Minimum funding guarantee",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), in determining and redetermining budget shares for schools maintained by them, a local authority must ensure—\n(a) in respect of primary and secondary schools, that an amount equal to the guaranteed funding level is included, calculated in accordance with paragraphs 1–4 of Schedule 4;\n(b) in respect of special schools, that the formula must provide for a minimum amount of funding, calculated in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 4.\n(2) For the purposes of determining budget shares, paragraph (1) does not apply to any school—\n(a) opening during the funding period, except in the circumstances set out in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4;\n(b) closing during the funding period in circumstances where a local authority have redetermined that school’s budget share during that period.\n(3) A local authority may make changes to the operation of this regulation and to the operation of Schedule 4 in determining and redetermining budget shares where authorised to do so by the Secretary of State or their schools forum under regulation 25 (additional arrangements).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in force at 15.3.2011, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/371/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:59.050817+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."
}