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)