Decision details
Accelerate Education – cost of living
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This report outlines the proposed measures to
alleviate the impact of the cost of living for children and young
people in education.
The report provides details on the Mayor’s Pledges with
respect to:
•establishing a fund to provide bursaries (Mayor’s
Higher Education Award) for young people who want to go to
university.
•the establishment of a fund to support young people who want
to stay in education post 16 (previously known as the Education
Maintenance Allowance
The report includes proposed eligibility criteria and projected
costs and benefits for each of the manifesto pledges. Alternative
options and associated risks are also included in the report.
Decision:
An additional recommendation was agreed.
DECISION
1. To agree to make discretionary awards in respect of students who are over compulsory school age particularly for students who are most in need of support based on household incomes for the financial year 2022/23.
2. To recommend that further discretionary awards for future financial years will be a priority in the setting of the 2023-2026 MTFS but can only proceed beyond 31 March 2023 once that budgetary approval has been secured.
3. To approve the proposed outline delivery plan for the Mayor’s Education Maintenance Allowance and University Bursaries.
4. That the application deadline of 30 November 2022 (set out in Paragraph 8.1 of the report) be extended to 2 January 2023.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN AND CULTURE (J. THOMAS)
(Director of Education (S. Nyakatawa)
Report author: Lindsey Gibson
Publication date: 28/10/2022
Date of decision: 26/10/2022
Decided at meeting: 26/10/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 05/11/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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