The ESFA has announced that it has reviewed the 2019 to 2020 reconciliation policy for grant funded adult education budget (AEB) and Advanced Learner Loans Bursary (ALLB). It has said the “intention remains not to reconcile most providers and so the approach will use a threshold that has been lowered in line with average delivery to identify providers that are significantly under delivering in relation to their peers at R14, rather than assessing the mid-year funding claims, which would be hard to implement fairly. Providers that are below the thresholds will be able to submit a business case to allow us to consider any exceptional challenges, impacts on vulnerable groups and moderate any adverse outcomes“. Full details are now available in the updated 2019 to 2020 funding claim guidance. Comment on this news can be read here.
