Learning and Skills Act 2000
The Learning and Skills Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced under the first Tony Blair government. It made changes in the funding and administration of further education, and of work-based learning for young people, within England and Wales.
Provisions
The main changes were:- Establishment of the Learning and Skills Council to secure the provision of education and training for young people and adults, in England, and to encourage employers and individuals to participate, and the LSC's funding powers.
- Provisions for the appointment of governors in the further education sector.
- Other duties and powers of the LSC, including equal opportunities and the needs of people with learning difficulties, powers to provide information, advice and guidance services and a duty to publish its strategy and annual plans.
- Establishment of local LSCs, including planning and consultation arrangements and the power of the Secretary of State to make directions to local education authorities in respect of adult and community learning provision.
- Creation of the LSC's Young People's and Adult Learning Committees.
- Creation of academies, publicly funded schools operating outside of local government control and with a significant degree of autonomy.
- Powers for the Secretary of State to give directions to the LSC, to pay it its annual grant-in-aid and require the LSC to make an annual report.
- Publication of guidelines for sex education
- Similar arrangements for Wales.