Raising Attainment

As an amendment to motion S4M-12316 in the name of Angela Constance (Raising Attainment), insert at end “, and further welcomes cross-party recognition of the blight of educational inequality on the life chances of pupils across Scotland and proposals by Scottish Labour to tackle this with a further £25 million per year programme of investment, totalling £125 million over a five-year parliamentary session, including doubling the number of teaching assistants in the associated primary schools of the 20 high schools facing the greatest challenges of deprivation, in addition to the Scottish Government's plans and paid for through a 50p top rate of tax”.