School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 21/01/2003

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on 21st January, 2003.

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Alan KEIR (Items (i - ii) and (iv - x) only), Councillors Neil GLEN and Elizabeth F FORDYCE.

 

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 MINUTE OF MEETING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 17TH DECEMBER, 2002

 

The minute of the above meeting was 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)

DC115/02

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

 

 

 

(ii)

DC106/02

Continued for up to six weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Keir took no part in Case No (iii)

 

 

 

(iii)

DC1/03

Prosecute and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

 

 

(iv)

DC120/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(v)

DC118/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(vi)

DC117/02

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

 

 

 

(vii)

DC116/02

Take no further action but note that existing Attendance Order will remain in force.

 

 

 

(viii)

DC2/03

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

 

 

 

(ix)

DC3/03

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

 

 

(x)

DC119/02

Continued for up to six weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman.

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