MINUTES OF THE GENERAL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
29th FEBRUARY, 2000.

Reports

Reorganisation

Jane Rendle reported on building update. 12 schools haven't agreed their transition arrangements.

Placement - more than 200 unplaced.

• No early retirement commitment
• Possibly will be redundancy for EMAG

Training - inc in £28m in Standards Fund in Bradford

• £2m contingency being used in match-funding giving £4 in total which will all be devolved to schools for training

Budget - extra £5m (£2m shared between Yrs 6, 7, 8) (£3m (half to 1y, half to 2y)

• £3m extra next year
• £3m year after = £11m rise from now to 3yrs time.
• But OFSTED estimate Bradford's underspend on education in £13m

Performance Related Pay (I Murch)

Attention drawn to pay structure.
Money set aside for 75,000 teachers to get threshold.Meeting to be organised for 3 weeks time, with MP's invited to come and hear the views of teachers. Governors also to be invited.

Council Restructure

Ian Murch and John Howarth reported on meeting with Ian Stewart on planned Council restructure.

Correspondence

The meeting went into a Committee Meeting

Amendments to Conference Motions.

Amendment to Standing Orders for Conference 2000

Amendment to Annual Report of the Executive

Motion on PRP

AOB

Re-affiliation to United Campaign to Repeal the Anti-trade Union Laws/ Fee in region of£30. - Agreed.

Donation to an organisation involved in helping Crisis in Mozambique. £300.

Presentation to Sue McIntosh - Jeremy to investigate appropriate gift.

Meeting closed at 6.32pm.