Marshalled List of Amendments

09 JANUARY 2014

Private Members’ Business – Motions

Item 4: Order Paper 249/11-16 – 13 January 2015

Motion: Education Funding

That this Assembly acknowledges the challenging financial environment in which education will operate in 2015-16 and the widespread concern amongst schools regarding the implications for the classroom of the Department of Education's draft budget; recognises that from 1 April 2015 there will be a single Education Authority in place of the five Education and Library Boards to oversee the allocation of the majority of the education budget; and calls on the Minister of Education to ensure that protecting the classroom is his first priority, that he uses the new administrative arrangements to achieve greater efficiencies within support services and, in so doing, devolves the maximum amount of the available budget to school level.

[Miss M McIlveen]
[Mr J Craig]
[Mr R Newton]
[Mr N McCausland]

The following Amendments have been selected for debate:

Amendment 1

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘operate’ and insert:

‘from 1 April 2015 and the widespread concern amongst schools regarding the implications for the classroom of the Department of Education's draft budget; recognises that from 1 April 2015 there will be a single Education Authority in place of the five Education and Library Boards to oversee the allocation of the majority of the education budget; and calls on the Minister of Education to ensure that protecting classroom practice is his first priority and to use the new administrative arrangements to devolve maximum budget autonomy to schools that have demonstrated sound financial management skills in order to achieve the best possible educational outcomes whilst ensuring value for money.’

[Mr S Rogers]
[Mr D Bradley]

Amendment 2

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘schools’ and insert:

‘, youth services, early years providers and the broader community regarding the implications for education if the Department of Education's draft budget does not receive a significant uplift in the final budget settlement; recognises that from 1 April 2015 there will be a single Education Authority in place of the five Education and Library Boards to oversee the allocation of the majority of the education budget; and therefore calls on the Executive to ensure that protecting education is a priority; and further calls on the Minister of Education to use the new administrative arrangements to achieve greater efficiencies within administration and, in so doing, devolves the maximum amount of the available budget to frontline education services.’

[Mr P Sheehan]
[Ms M McLaughlin]
[Mr C Hazzard]