School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 01/05/2002
At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room3, City Chambers, Dundee on Wednesday, 1st May 2002.
Present:-
Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Alan KEIR and Councillors Fiona GRANT and Joe FITZPATRICK.
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 26TH AND 27TH MARCH 2002
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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Decision
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(i) |
DC51/02 |
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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(ii) |
DC46/02 |
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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(iii) |
DC45/02 |
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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(iv) |
DC44/02 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(v) |
DC43/02 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(vi) |
DC61/02 |
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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(vii) |
DC62/02 |
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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(viii) |
DC52/02 |
Prosecute. |
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(ix) |
DC53/02 |
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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(x) |
DC54/02 |
Prosecute. |
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(xi) |
DC144/01 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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Case No |
Decision
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(xii) |
DC63/02 |
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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(xiii) |
DC64/02 |
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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(xiv) |
DC47/02 |
Take no further action but note that existing Attendance Order will remain in force. |
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(xv) |
DC48/02 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(xvi) |
DC49/02 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(xvii) |
DC50/02\ |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
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(xviii) |
DC34/02 |
Continued for up to six weeks. |
DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman.