Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to approve an amended Policy governing the provision of home-to-school travel provision for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, as required by the Department for Education, which will include the results of the full public consultation conducted between August and November 2015.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Note the outcome of the public consultation on the draft proposed revisions to the Council’s Home to School Transport Assistance Policy, as set out in the consultation report at Appendix 1 to the report;

(ii)  Agree the proposed revisions to the policy as set out in section 2 of the report; and

(iii)  Adopt the new Home to School Transport Assistance Policy as set out at Appendix 2 to the report.