It calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to develop, publish and adopt a multiyear—for example, three to five years—funding settlement for Scotland’s colleges, to avoid the reliance on annual decisions; to commit to funding that, at minimum, rises in line with inflation, in order to prevent real-terms erosion of college budgets; to deliver a substantive, above-inflation funding settlement within the 2026-27 Scottish budget that places all colleges in a financially secure position; to provide safety-net baselines for the provision for additional support needs, core student support services and regional or local community access programmes; and to require the Scottish Funding Council to give colleges clearer forward figures and simpler in-year rules, to allow planning flexibility for staffing, curriculum, capital investment and community partnership activities above the three baselines that are set out above.Members will be aware that this has been a prominent issue in the Parliament’s chamber in the light of the reports from Audit Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council regarding significant financial challenges in the college and university sector.