PET(4)-06-11 p13a

P-03-304 Amendment to the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008

Petition wording

We the undersigned call upon the National Assembly of Wales to urge the Welsh Government to amend the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008, so that  the definition of the nearest suitable school for the purposes of provision of free/subsidised transport includes a reference to the fact that it provides the Welsh Curriculumn/Cwricwlwm Cymreig.

Link to petition: http://www.senedd.cynulliadcymru.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=904

Petition raised by:Arfon Jones

Number of signatures: 17

Supporting information: There are significant differences between the Welsh Curriculum and the curriculum in England for example the Foundation phase and the Welsh Bacc and the Welsh Assembly Government and the National assembly together with Welsh Local Authorities should seek to encourage parents and children to be educated in Wales and if they decline it should be a purely parental choice and Welsh LA’s should be under no obligation to transport children to schools outside Wales