Part I General
Chapter III Local education authorities
General functions
F1C115A Functions in respect of full-time education for 16 to 18 year olds.
1
A local education authority may secure the provision for their area of full-time F2or part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons over compulsory school age who have not attained the age of 19, including provision for persons from other areas.
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The power under subsection (1) to secure the provision of education includes power to secure the provision—
a
of training, including vocational, social, physical and recreational training, and
b
of organised leisure time occupation (within the meaning of section 2(6)) which is provided in connection with the provision of education or of training within paragraph (a).
2
Subsections (6) and (7) of section 14 shall apply in relation to functions under this section C2in respect of secondary education as they apply in relation to functions under that section.
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In exercising their functions under this section in respect of further education a local education authority shall in particular have regard to the needs of persons with learning difficulties (within the meaning of section 13(5) and (6) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000).
4
A local education authority may do anything which appears to them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the exercise of their functions under this section.