School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 23/10/2001

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Tuesday, 23rd

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Ms I SHEARER, Councillors Dave BEATTIE, Rod WALLACE (Items II - XIII) and Jill SHIMI

 

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 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2001

 

The minutes of the above meeting 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:-

 

 

Case No.

Decision

 

 

 

(i)

DC91/01

Prosecute

 

 

 

(ii)

DC94/01

Take no further action

 

 

 

(iii)

DC95/01

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

 

 

 

(iv)

DC96/01

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

 

 

 

(v)

DC97/01

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

 

 

 

(vi)

DC98/01

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

 

 

 

(vii)

DC99/01

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter

 

 

 

(viii)

DC100/01

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter

 

 

Case No.

Decision

 

 

 

(ix)

DC101/01

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

 

 

 

(x)

DC102/01

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

 

 

 

(xi)

DC103/01

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

 

 

 

(xii)

DC88/01

Take no further action but note that existing Attendance Order will remain in place

 

 

 

(xiii)

DC104/01

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

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, CHAIRMAN

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