My Budget this year.

[eean]

elc are still ring fenced they are not part dfc if not spent on software then you have to pay elc money back to lea/dfes

Have they just gone down then? I had 5k last year and about 3k this year. Our roll has dropped a bit, but not that much. LEA man told me that it was so a % of your elcs could be spent on microsoft software or relevant hardware (or staff, I suppose).

Also because of change to dfc your head last year shoud of asked you for 3 year plan plus approx costs needed for this year etc to do what you want.

My head said there was no point having a long term plan! Because we never seem to know how much we are going to get until we get it. Last year I had 35k to spend. This year I have 3.

[russdev]

yes here info from rm funding document that was sent to me while back...


"Grant 31c for e-learning credits becomes grant 122.
It is a ring-fenced capital grant for all schools.
The value per school has been reduced by 25% vs GY0506 and it will fall by the same amount again in GY0708."

ELC cant be spent on anything other than elc accredited elc software which doesn’t include Microsoft software.


attached is nice breakdown on funding from rm

[jow75]

A new forum has been set up within Becta's Online Community to discuss the topic of Sustainability - http://communities.becta.org.uk/lead...ustainability/. Becta's focus on the long-term sustainability of ICT infrastructure is designed to help schools plan and budget for ICT, confident that they are taking into account all associated costs both now and in future years. Recent discussions include replacement of kit, investment planner advice and changes in funding arrangements.

Just thought it may be of interest as it relates to some of the posts in this thread.

[mark]

had a quick play and scared myself with those figures!