Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
That the contribution rate for post-16 home to
school transport be set at £600 per annum for the 2019/20
academic year. This will place the authority at the mode rate, and
within the majority of County Council current rates of
contribution.
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.*
For Students over the statutory school age (end of Year 11.) The
local authority can use discretionary powers to facilitate
transport assistance; these arrangements do not have to be provided
free of charge as is the case with eligible statutory pupils.
The current contribution fee (£490 per annum with a 50%
reduction for low income families) was not reviewed last year as
part of the 2018 policy change to realign SEND transport with
Mainstream transport.
Four options were considered. The following
options were rejected:
1. Increase the contribution to the national bus average of
£5 per day. Based on post 16 students attending 3 days a week
for up to 38 weeks. This will increase the rate to £570 per
annum.
3. Increase the fee to the average county council fee of £650
per annum.
4. No increase to the contribution rate.
Publication date: 14/04/2021
Date of decision: 21/05/2019