The council welcomed the bigger role for local authorities but is worried that the creation of a national Young People's Learning Agency would mean too many bureaucratic hurdles to leap.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families released the white paper, Raising Expectations: Enabling the System to Deliver, earlier this year. Surrey County Council's executive committee are debating it this week.
The plans could see the end of the Learning and Skills Council, although the council says this would be replaced by more bureaucratic quangos.
Peter Martin, executive member for schools, children and youth services at the council, said: "While we welcome this review and its proposals, we still have concerns it is replacing one thing with something even more complex."
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