The Executive Meeting considered a proposal to amend the Financial Procedure Rules to broaden the coverage of the Corporate Credit Card procedure rules to allow maintained schools to use business charge cards, and recommended that the Council Meeting agree to amend paragraph 9 of PR5 Financial Procedure Rule of the Council Constitution to include the following paragraph:
“9.20 Maintained Schools are permitted to make use of the Corporate Credit Card Scheme and may also use Business Charge Cares in accordance with the usage policy set down on credit cards/ charge cards in the Scheme for Financing Schools.”