School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 25/06/2002

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in CommitteeRoom 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Tuesday, 25th June 2002.

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Tom CONNELLY, Councillors Neil GLEN (Items (i) to (viii)), Elizabeth FORDYCE (Items (i) to (xx) and Items (xxiv to xxxvi)) and Rod WALLACE (Items (i) to (xxii))

 

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 5TH AND 11TH JUNE 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:-

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

 

 

(i)

DC65/02

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

 

 

 

(ii)

DC99/02

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

 

 

 

(iii)

DC67/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(iv)

DC80/02

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

 

 

 

(v)

DC78/02

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

 

 

 

(vi)

DC77/02

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

 

 

 

(vii)

DC76/02

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

 

 

 

(viii)

DC91/02

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

 

 

 

(ix)

DC89/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(x)

DC88/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case No

Decision

 

 

 

(xi)

DC87/02

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

 

 

 

(xii)

DC86/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(xiii)

DC90/02

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

 

 

 

(xiv)

DC92/02

Make an Attendance Order.

 

 

 

(xv)

DC71/02

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

 

 

 

(xvi)

DC70/02

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

 

 

 

(xvii)

DC69/02

Take no further action.

 

 

 

(xviii)

DC68/02

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

 

 

 

(xix)

DC97/02

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

 

 

 

(xx)

DC98/02

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

 

 

 

(xxi)

DC144/01

Take no further action.

 

 

 

(xxii)

DC73/02

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

 

 

 

(xxiii)

DC72/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(xxiv)

DC34/02

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

 

 

 

(xxv)

DC50/02

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

 

 

 

(xxvi)

DC49/02

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

 

 

 

(xxvii)

DC39/02

Prosecute.

 

 

 

(xxviii)

DC95/02

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

 

 

 

(xxix)

DC94/02

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

 

 

 

(xxx)

DC93/02

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

 

 

 

(xxxi)

DC61/02

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

 

 

 

(xxxii)

DC44/02

Refer to Reporter to Children's Panel.

 

 

 

(xxxiii)

DC85/02

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

 

 

 

(xxxiv)

DC84/02

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

 

 

 

(xxxv)

DC82/02

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

 

 

 

(xxxvi)

DC81/02

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

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman.