In addition,a further £6 million was allocated by this government as part year costs to enablelocal authorities to employ additional teachers in early years and for class sizereduction in primary 1 to primary 3.2008-09: Prior to the local governmentfinance settlement and at the same time as the £6 million was announced, fundingof £3 million in addition to the £6 million was announced for the same purpose tobe allocated from financial year 2008-09.For 2008-09 onwards, all of thisfunding will now be included in the overall local government finance settlement.It will be the responsibility of each local authority, in conjunction with theircommunity planning partners, to allocate the funding on the basis of their localneeds and priorities – having first fulfilled its statutory obligations and theagreed set of national outcomes including the Scottish Government’s key strategicobjective and the full terms of the concordat. Further details on these new...