School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 05/06/2002

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers,Dundee on Wednesday 5th June, 2002

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Alan KEIR, Councillors Neil GLEN, Dave BEATTIE (items (iii)-(xxi)) and Elizabeth FORDYCE (items (xxii)-(xxxxii))

 

Mr MURDOCH, in the Chair.

 

All items stand delegated.

 

The Sub-Committee resolved, under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 5 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

 

I MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 30TH APRIL AND 1ST MAY,2002

 

The minutes of the above meetings were submitted for information.

 

II EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1980 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DEFAULT CASES

 

Following consideration of the undernoted school attendance default cases, the Sub-Committee resolved as follows:-

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

 

 

(i)

DC51/02

Prosecute

 

 

 

(ii)

DC40/02

Make an attendance Order

 

 

 

(iii)

DC65/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(iv)

DC99/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(v)

DC66/02

Refer to Reporter to Children's Panel

 

 

 

(vi)

DC67/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(vii)

DC41/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary.

 

 

 

(viii)

DC42/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

 

 

(ix)

DC68/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(x)

DC69/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xi)

DC70/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xii)

DC71/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xiii)

DC72/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xiv)

DC73/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xv)

DC74/02

Prosecute and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xvi)

DC75/02

Prosecute and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xvii)

DC76/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks

 

 

 

(xviii)

DC77/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xix)

DC60/02

Prosecute

 

 

 

(xx)

DC23/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary

 

 

 

(xxi)

DC59/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary

 

 

 

(xxii)

DC78/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order

 

 

 

(xxiii)

DC79/02

Refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxiv)

DC80/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter

 

 

 

(xxv)

DC43/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary

 

 

 

(xxvi)

DC81/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks

 

 

 

(xxvii)

DC82/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

 

 

(xxviii)

DC83/02

Take no action

 

 

 

(xxix)

DC84/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make and Attendance Order

 

 

 

(xxx)

DC85/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks

 

 

 

(xxxi)

DC44/02

Continued for up to six weeks

 

 

 

(xxxii)

DC61/02

Continued for up to six weeks

 

 

 

(xxxiii)

DC62/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary

 

 

 

(xxxiv)

DC86/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxv)

DC87/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxvi)

DC88/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxvii)

DC89/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxviii)

DC90/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxix)

DC91/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxx)

DC92/02

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxxi)

DC28/02

Refer to Reporter to Children's Panel

 

 

 

(xxxxii)

DC30/02

Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman

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