The LEA Budget, Schools Budget and Individual Schools Budget (Wales) Regulations 2003

School improvement

10.  Expenditure incurred by the authority in respect of action to support the improvement of standards in the authority’s schools, including, in particular —

(a) expenditure incurred in preparing, reviewing and implementing the authority’s education development plan under sections 6 and 7 of the 1998 Act;

(b) expenditure incurred in connection with the exercise of their functions under section 197 of the 2002 Act;

(c) expenditure incurred in connection with entering into a contract pursuant to a direction under section 63 of the 2002 Act (contracts to obtain services of an advisory nature in respect of schools with serious weaknesses or schools requiring special measures);

(d) expenditure incurred in connection with the exercise of their functions under section 14 to 17 of the 1998 Act (powers of intervention, of appointment of additional governors and of suspension of delegated budgets in schools causing concern); and

(e) expenditure on the appointment and remuneration of interim executive members under section 16A of the 1998 Act(1).

(1)

Section 16A is to be inserted by section 57 of the 2002 Act on a day to be appointed.