101Duty of local education authority in relation to excluded pupils
(1)Section 19 of EA 1996 (exceptional provision of education in pupil referral units or elsewhere) is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)In relation to England, the duty imposed by subsection (1) includes, except in prescribed cases, a duty to make arrangements for the provision of suitable full-time education at school or otherwise than at school for—
(a)children of compulsory school age who have been permanently excluded on disciplinary grounds from relevant schools or pupil referral units, and have not subsequently been admitted to schools other than pupil referral units, and
(b)children of compulsory school age who are excluded for a fixed period on disciplinary grounds from any pupil referral unit maintained by the authority.
(3B)The education referred to in subsection (3A) must be provided from a day that, in relation to the pupil concerned, is determined in accordance with regulations.”
(3)For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6)In this section—
“relevant school” means—
(a)a maintained school,
(b)an Academy,
(c)a city technology college, or
(d)a city college for the technology of the arts;
“suitable education”, in relation to a child or young person, means efficient education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs he may have (and “suitable full-time education” is to be read accordingly).”