School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 28/02/2001

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Wednesday, 28th February 2001.

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Alan KEIR, Councillors 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.

 

I MINUTE OF MEETING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 23RD JANUARY 2001

 

The minutes of the above meeting 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)

DC10/01

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

 

(ii)

DC12/01

Continued for up to six weeks.

 

(iii)

DC13/01

Prosecute.

 

(iv)

DC14/01

Prosecute.

 

(v)

DC25/01

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

 

(vi)

DC26/01

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

 

(vii)

DC27/01

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

 

(viii)

DC129/00

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

 

(ix)

DC2/01

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

 

(x)

DC28/01

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

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

(xi)

DC29/01

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

 

(xii)

DC30/01

Continued for up to six weeks.

 

(xiii)

DC31/01

Continued for up to six weeks.

 

(xiv)

DC9/01

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

 

(xv)

DC8/01

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

 

(xvi)

DC32/01

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

 

(xvii)

DC33/01

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

 

(xviii)

DC34/01

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

 

(xix)

DC35/01

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

 

(xx)

DC36/01

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

 

(xxi)

DC37/01

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

 

(xxii)

DC133/00

Prosecute

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman.