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School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 26/06/2001

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

 

Present:-

 

Mr Alan KEIR, Mr Tom CONNELLY, Councillors Dave BEATTIE, Rod WALLACE (Items (xxiii)-(xxxvii)) and Jill SHIMI (Items (i)-(xxii)).

 

Mr KEIR, in the Chair (Items (i)-(xxii)).

 

Mr CONNELLY, in the Chair (Items (xxiii)-(xxxvii)).

 

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 5TH AND 6TH JUNE 2001

 

The minutes of the above meetings were submitted for information.

 

2 SCHOOL REPRESENTATION

 

Concern was expressed by Committee Members at the lack of representation from schools.

 

3 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) DC68/01

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

 

 

(ii) DC69/01

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

 

 

(iii) DC70/01

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

 

 

(iv) DC71/01

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

 

 

(v) DC72/01

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

 

 

(vi) DC73/01

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

 

 

(vii) DC77/01

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

 

 

(viii) DC75/01

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

 

Case No.

Decision

 

 

(ix) DC76/01

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

 

 

(x) DC54/01

Prosecute.

 

 

(xi) DC55/01

Prosecute.

 

 

(xii) DC5/01

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

 

 

(xiii) DC86/01

Prosecute.

 

 

(xiv) DC87/01

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

 

 

(xv) DC84/01

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

 

 

(xvi) DC85/01

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

 

 

(xvii) DC40/01

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

 

 

(xviii) DC61/01

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

 

 

(xix) DC64/01

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

 

 

(xx) DC44/01

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

 

 

(xxi) DC63/01

Prosecute.

 

 

(xxii) DC62/01

Prosecute.

 

 

(xxiii) DC60/01

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

 

 

(xxiv) DC58/01

Make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

 

(xxv) DC59/01

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

 

 

(xxvi) DC74/01

Make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

 

(xxvii)DC81/01

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

 

 

(xxviii)DC82/01

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

 

 

(xxix) DC83/01

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

 

 

(xxx) DC78/01

Prosecute.

 

 

 

Case No.

Decision

 

 

(xxxi) DC79/01

Prosecute and refer to the Children's Panel.

 

 

(xxxii)DC80/01

Prosecute.

 

 

(xxxiii) DC66/01

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

 

 

(xxxiv) DC67/01

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

 

 

(xxxv)DC65/01

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

 

 

(xxxvi) DC53/01

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

 

 

(xxxvii) DC47/01

Take no further action.

 

 

 

 

Alan Keir, Chairman.

Tom Connelly, Chairman.