Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Meeting time: 09.18 - 12.05
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5328

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Lynne Neagle AM (Chair) Dawn Bowden AM Hefin David AM Suzy Davies AM Janet Finch-Saunders AM Siân Gwenllian AM
Witnesses:	Dr Chris Llewelyn, Welsh Local Government Association Jon Rae, Welsh Local Government Association Dilwyn Williams, Gwynedd County Council & Chair of Society of Welsh Treasurers Anthony Hunt, Welsh Local Government Association Paula Ham, Vale of Glamorgan Council Debbie Harteveld, South East Wales Education Achievement Service (EAS) Arwyn Thomas, Regional School Effectiveness & Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE) Geraint Rees, Education through Regional Working (ERW) Esther Thomas, Central South Consortium
Committee Staff:	Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Gareth Rogers (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Michael Dauncey (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members, apologies were received from Michelle Brown AM, there was no substitute.  

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2 Inquiry into School Funding - evidence session

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from WLGA and ADEW.

2.2 The WLGA agreed to provide a note on the following:

· The cost implications of the teachers’ pay award and associated employer pensions contributions and whether these have been fully funded by the Welsh Government; and

· The changes that the Distribution Sub Group has made or has considered making, to the Local Government Settlement formula in recent years.

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3 Inquiry into School Funding - evidence session

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Regional Consortia.

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4 Paper to note

4.1 The paper was noted

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the whole meeting on 28 March

 5.1 The Motion was agreed.

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6 Inquiry into School Funding - consideration of the evidence

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence they had heard.

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