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<p>The Adult Education Budget (AEB) targets a wide range of eligible individuals including
parents and caregivers of all newly-identified deaf children.</p><p>The Adult Education
Budget (AEB) funds qualifications in, or focussing on, British Sign Language (BSL)
up to and including Level 2. Approximately 60% of the AEB has been devolved to Mayoral
Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, who determine which provision
to fund for learners who live in their areas. The Education and Skills Funding Agency
(ESFA) provides the remaining funding for learners who live in non-devolved areas,
which includes Preston Constituency.</p><p>ESFA funded AEB qualifications include,
for example, the Level 1 Award in BSL, which allows learners to communicate in BSL
on a range of topics that involve simple, everyday language use, thereby giving them
the basic skills and confidence in production and reception of BSL. It will depend
on an individual’s circumstances as to whether they are entitled to free provision
or expected to meet part of the cost through co-funding. Where community learning
providers offer BSL courses, those providers are responsible for determining the course
fees, including levels of fee remission.</p><p>For parents learning BSL on an AEB
funded course, there is also additional support available. The AEB provides funding
to colleges and providers to help adult learners overcome barriers preventing them
from accessing learning. Providers have discretion to help learners meet costs such
as transport, accommodation, books, equipment and childcare. Learning support funding
also helps colleges and training providers to meet the additional needs of learners
with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and the costs of reasonable adjustments
as set out in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p>
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