P-05-920 School Budgeting for ALN

P-05-920 School Budgeting for ALN

Completed

 

P-05-920 School Budgeting for ALN

This petition was submitted by Iwan Williams having collected a total of 106 signatures.

 

Text of Petition             

​We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge Welsh Government to allocate an additional budget for schools across Wales, to be able to provide the additional learning needed for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) and achieve the objectives of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018.

 

Additional Information

​Schools lack resources for supporting pupils with additional learning needs to ensure they achieve their potential.

 

The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 states:

"A person has additional learning needs if he or she has a learning difficulty or disability (whether the learning difficulty or disability arises from a medical condition or otherwise) which calls for additional learning provision."

 

Schools do not currently have sufficient resources to be able to offer the additional learning provision that their pupils need.

 

 

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 12/01/2021.

 

The Committee considered further correspondence from the Minister for Education. In light of several clear responses from the Minister that funding for local authorities to provide education services in their areas is un-hypothecated, the recent review of school funding and the planned monitoring of the implementation of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 the Committee agreed to close the petition at this point and thank the petitioner.

 

Full details of the consideration of this petitions by the committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 03/12/2019.

 

Assembly Constituency and Region

  • Aberconwy
  • North Wales

 

Further information

 

Business type: Petition

Reason considered: Senedd Business;

Status: Complete

First published: 29/11/2019