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Home to School Transport Policy for Mainstream Children and Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - Outcome of Consultation

Meeting: 04/04/2017 - Cabinet (Item 4)

4 Home to School Transport Policy for Mainstream Children and Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) PDF 887 KB

Minutes:

Background:

This report provided details of the outcomes of the consultation agreed by Cabinet on 20 December 2016 on proposed changes to the Home to School Transport Policy for both mainstream children and for children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). An overview of consultation outcomes and proposed changes was provided in paragraph 3 of the report.

The report provided details of the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which discussed this matter on 9 March 2017.

A Diversity Impact Assessment (DIA) was included at Appendix 3 to the report.

Decision number:	Decision:
	The Cabinet noted the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in paragraph 7 of the report.
24/2017	The Cabinet agreed the proposed Home to School Transport Policy for Mainstream Children and for Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.
25/2017	The Cabinet agreed that implementation of the Policy is: Effective from September 2017 for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Effective from September 2018 on a phased basis for mainstream children.

Reasons:

To provide greater financial sustainability as budget spend is reduced and directed to those in greatest financial need.