School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 01/05/2001
At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Tuesday, 1st May 2001.
Present:-
Mr David MURDOCH, Mr TOM CONNOLLY, Councillors Dave BEATTIE and Betty WARD.
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 MINUTES OF MEETING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 27TH AND 28TH MARCH 2001
The minutes of the above meetings were 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:-
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Case No |
Decision
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(i) |
DC52/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an Attendance Order.
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(ii) |
DC27/01 |
Prosecute and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.
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(iii) |
DC43/01 |
Refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.
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(iv) |
DC42/01 |
Prosecute.
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(v) |
DC53/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.
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(vi) |
DC49/01 |
Take no further action but note that existing Attendance Order will remain in force.
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(vii) |
DC48/01 |
Take no further action but advise parents that attendance will be monitored and case brought back to the Sub-Committee if necessary. |
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(viii) |
DC47/01 |
Continued for up to six weeks.
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(ix) |
DC32/01 |
Take no further action.
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(x) |
DC33/01 |
Refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.
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(xi) |
DC54/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.
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Case No |
Decision
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(xii) |
DC55/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.
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(xiii) |
DC50/01 |
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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