Education funding changes

Proposer
yellowgopher
State

Rejected

Vote Score

-1

Age

3285 days


@yellowgopher edited manifesto/education.md - almost 9 years ago

Funding

Education should be freely available to all to first degree level or equivalent. Tuition fees for university students should be abolished, as university education is of general benefit to society, and should be covered by general taxation.

Education should be freely available to all to first degree level or equivalent.

Tuition fees for university students should be abolished, as university education is of general benefit to society, and should be covered by general taxation.

All school funding will be assessed on a pupil by pupil basis (to include a basic entitlement, additional needs and other relevant adjustments). These funds will stay with the child throughout their education. This will remove the inequality of the present funding system (where certain areas can recieve a lot less per child than others) but will also remove the need for "big bucket" approaches such as Pupil Premium. On entry to the school system, each child will take with them guaranteed minimum funding (that can be adjusted if and when necessary to take into account life changes) and schools will be able to plan more effectively (especially with regards to children entering mid-year). These funds will be valid as payment towards private education.

Secular Schools

yellowgopher

@yellowgopher - almost 9 years ago

Split from previous proposed update.

Move towards an individual pupil funding approach.

philipjohn

@philipjohn - almost 9 years ago

This sounds good. I have a concern about how quick "the system" will be able to respond to changes in individual circumstances, and the admin overhead such a system will require. That's all implementation detail though - this vision sounds good, so I support it.

For now I'm a ✋ though. You'll get my vote if this bit goes ;) :

These funds will be valid as payment towards private education.

yellowgopher

@yellowgopher - almost 9 years ago

So why against using these funds for private education/tuition/support? Many people already hire private tutors to support study etc?

philipjohn

@philipjohn - almost 9 years ago

Private study as an addition to a state-funded, secular education is entirely acceptable, if parents wish to do that, but that's individual choice and they can fund it themselves.

PaulJRobinson

@PaulJRobinson - almost 9 years ago

"These funds will be valid towards private education". So is this a proposal for so called 'school vouchers'? i.e. parents can take the money spent on their children's education by the state and use that at an independent school of their choice, and then top it up with their own cash? Because that won't actually help poorer children get into independent schools. It will just inflate the fees from what they are now, to 'plus the addition of the voucher'.

yellowgopher

@yellowgopher - almost 9 years ago

There is the argument that private school fees are paid in addition to taxes that fund state school education (there is no rebate if state schools are not used but the funding is there and can be used for other children). And, as for the inflation of fees for private schools, private schools already do a lot of work to reduce fees for poorer children, have to maintain a charity status by proving they are working for charitable aims and it may even result in an increase in private provision. However, on balance, I will remove this to get the change through.

@yellowgopher edited manifesto/education.md - almost 9 years ago

Funding

Education should be freely available to all to first degree level or equivalent. Tuition fees for university students should be abolished, as university education is of general benefit to society, and should be covered by general taxation.

Education should be freely available to all to first degree level or equivalent.

Tuition fees for university students should be abolished, as university education is of general benefit to society, and should be covered by general taxation.

All school funding will be assessed on a pupil by pupil basis (to include a basic entitlement, additional needs and other relevant adjustments). These funds will stay with the child throughout their education. This will remove the inequality of the present funding system (where certain areas can recieve a lot less per child than others) but will also remove the need for "big bucket" approaches such as Pupil Premium. On entry to the school system, each child will take with them guaranteed minimum funding (that can be adjusted if and when necessary to take into account life changes) and schools will be able to plan more effectively (especially with regards to children entering mid-year).

Secular Schools