Issue - meetings
Changes to the Education Travel Assistance Policy
Meeting: 04/04/2023 - Cabinet (Item 8)
8 Proposals to Amend and Make Additions to the Education Travel Assistance Policy 
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Background:
This report set out proposed amendments to the Education Travel Assistance Policy and requested authority to commence a period of consultation on the proposals.
The report advised that the Education Travel Assistance Policy set out what the Council must do to facilitate travel to school and the eligibility criteria for granting that support. The changes proposed would provide a fairer and more progressive Policy, which promoted independence and more sustainable methods of travel. The wording of the policy had also been reviewed for clarity with the proposed updated version attached at Appendix 1 to the report.
The report also set out that consultation on the proposed changes to the Policy would take place in Spring 2023 and that the outcomes of the consultation would be presented to the Cabinet in July 2023.
A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken in relation to the proposed change to the Education Travel Assistance Policy. This was attached at Appendix 2 to the report.
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56/2023 |
The Cabinet considered the proposals set out in the report and authorised the Director of People – Children and Adults, to commence the six-week period of consultation to gauge views on the proposed changes to the Education Travel Assistance Policy, as set out in section 3 of this report. |
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The Cabinet noted that at the end of the consultation period, an Outcomes of Consultation report would be prepared and presented to Cabinet in July 2023 for determination of the proposals, with implementation from 1 September 2023. |
Reasons:
Approving the commencement of the consultation period will ensure that the Council complies with appropriate process to make changes to the Education Travel Assistance Policy.