School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 28/11/2000

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Tuesday, 28th November 2000.

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Filip MYZLOWSKJI, Councillors Jill SHIMI, Dave BEATTIE 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 MEETINGS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF 24TH AND 25TH OCTOBER 2000

 

The minutes of the above meetings were submitted for information.

 

2EDUCATION (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)

DC82/00

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

 

(ii)

DC96/00

Continued for three weeks.

 

(iii)

DC112/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order and refer to Reporter to the Childrens Panel.

 

(iv)

DC113/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order and refer to Reporter to the Childrens Panel.

 

(v)

DC93/00

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

 

(vi)

DC94/00

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

 

(vii)

DC95/00

Continued for three weeks.

 

(viii)

DC105/00

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

 

(ix)

DC104/00

Continued for three weeks

 

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

(x)

DC103/00

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

 

(xi)

DC102/00

Continued for three weeks.

 

(xii)

DC114/00

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

 

(xiii)

DC117/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order and refer to Reporter to the Childrens Panel.

 

(xiv)

DC115/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order and refer to Reporter to the Childrens Panel.

 

(xv)

DC108/00

Continued for three weeks.

 

(xvi)

DC116/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and make an attendance order and refer to Reporter to the Childrens Panel.

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman