Earnings Adjustment Statement (EAS)
As documented in this guidance, the WMCA DO NOT expect any provider to use the following to claim to funding for Students that start on or after 1st August 2021:
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MCA Adjustment 1
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MCA Adjustment 2
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MCA Adjustment 3
The coding guidance above states the alternative methods to claim funding for work experience and lot 3 in 21/22. Students on continuing aims will need to use the 20/21 coding guidance to return any information for work experience or lot 3.
The EAS is a way to record some types of funding that providers cannot report in the ILR.
The following guidance will detail how the provider will use EAS in terms of the following two funding claims:
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Excess Learning Support
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Student Support Funding
Within the EAS file, there will be two different types of Adult Education Funding Lines, non-procured and procured. Providers will need to populate the appropriate lines dependent on the type of aims being claimed funding for.
Types of Funding Lines available:
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Adult Education - Eligible for MCA/GLA funding (non-procured)
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Adult Education - Eligible for MCA/GLA funding (procured)
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National Skills Fund - Eligible for MCA/GLA funding (non-procured)
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National Skills Fund - Eligible for MCA/GLA funding (procured)
New for 21/22 will be those Funding Lines that are being collected for National Skills Fund, which if are being claimed, need to be separated out to regular AEB funding by using one of the two new Funding Line’s above.
Types of Adjustment Lines available:
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Authorised Claims
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Excess Learning Support
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Princes Trust
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Student Support 19+ Hardship
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Student Support 20+ Childcare
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Student Support Residential Access Fund
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Student Support COVID-19 Response
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Student Support Administration Expenditure
New for 21/22 will be the collection of Student Support Funding data through EAS. The provider will be required to submit this data on each return to show how much they have spent on Student Support Fund. This will still be asked for at the Mid-Year, End of Year and Final funding returns also, but we now require the actual spend on a monthly basis.