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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Rhoda Bailey. |
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Declarations of Interest To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Public Speaking Time/Open Session In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relating to the work of the body in question. Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman or person presiding will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.
Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.
Minutes: There were no members of the public present.
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To approve the Council not taking up the power to grant discretionary awards for the 2014/15 academic year. Minutes: The Local Education Authority (Post Compulsory Education Awards) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/229) required Local Authorities to make an annual determination in respect of their powers to make awards to students. The determination had to be made before the start of the following financial year. The requirement to make an annual determination applied regardless of whether a local authority had previously determined that it would not exercise its power to offer awards.
The Council had already determined not to exercise the power to offer discretionary awards for 2013/14 academic year. No financial provision had been made to make discretionary awards in the 2014/15 academic year either for a specific category or on appeal.
The effect on applicants remained unchanged since 2000/01 when the former Cheshire County Council first decided not to take up the discretionary powers and no new awards had been made since then. No discretionary awards had been made since the academic year 2003/4 when existing students already in receipt of an award were funded from a residual fund to allow them to complete their course.
RESOLVED:
That the Council does not take up the power to grant discretionary awards for the 2014/15 academic year. |