School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 24/10/2000

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Tuesday, 24th October 2000.

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Filip MYZLOWSKJI, Councillors George REGAN, Elizabeth FORDYCE and Rod WALLACE.

 

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.

 

1 MINUTE OF MEETING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 19TH SEPTEMBER 2000

 

The minute of the above meeting was submitted for information.

 

2 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)

 

(ii)

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.

 

(iii)

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)

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)

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.

 

(vi)

Continued for five weeks.

 

(vii)

Continued for five weeks.

 

(viii)

Continued for five weeks.

 

(ix)

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

 

(x)

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

 

(xi)

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

 

(xii)

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)

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)

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

 

(xv)

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman

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