School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 06/06/2001
At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Wednesday, 6th June, 2001.
Present:-
Mr. David MURDOCH, Mr. Tom CONNOLLY, Councillors Elizabeth Fordyce (Items (i)-(xiv) only) 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 MINUTES OF MEETING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 1ST AND 2ND MAY, 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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(i) DC74/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks. |
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(ii) DC75/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order. |
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(iii) DC76/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order. |
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(iv) DC77/01 |
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. |
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(v) DC55/01 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(vi) DC54/01 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(vii) DC78/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter. |
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(viii) DC79/01 |
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. |
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(ix) DC80/01 |
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. |
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(x) DC81/01 |
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. |
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(xi) DC82/01 |
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. |
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(xii) DC83/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order. |
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(xiii) DC37/01 |
No further action. |
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(xiv) DC84/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order. |
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(xv) DC85/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order. |
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(xvi) DC40/01 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(xvii) DC46/01 |
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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(xviii) DC56/01 |
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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(xix) DC5/01 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(xx) DC57/01 |
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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(xxi) DC45/01 |
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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(xxii) DC86/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter. |
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(xxiii) DC81/01 |
Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make and attendance order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel. |
DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman.