Education Committee - 21/11/2005

At a MEETING of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 21st November, 2005.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 24th October, 2005 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I SCHOOL TERMS AND HOLIDAYS 2006/2007

There was submitted Report No 651-2005 by the Director of Education seeking approval of the scheme for school terms and holidays for Session 2006/2007.

The Committee agreed to adopt school terms and holidays for Session 2006/2007 as outlined in the Appendix to the report shown below:-

II SUPPORT FOR THE OUT OF SCHOOL CARE INFRASTRUCTURE

There was submitted Report No 694-2005 by the Director of Education seeking approval to continue to provide support for the Out of School Care Infrastructure.

The Committee approved the report and the award of funding as outlined in Appendix 1 of the report shown below:-

Support for the Out of School Care Infrastructure: November 2005

Outline of Expenditure

III PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PARENT AND TODDLER GROUPS

Councillor Webster declared a non-financial interest in respect of St James's Parent and Toddler Group by virtue of him being Session Clerk at St James's Parish Church.

There was submitted Report No 695-2005 by the Director of Education seeking approval to provide Childcare Strategy Funding to local Parent and Toddler groups.

The Committee approved the report and the award of funding to Parent and Toddler Groups as outlined in Appendix 1 of the report shown below:-

IV MANAGING UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS

There was submitted Report No 703-2005 by the Director of Education informing the Committee that additional measures were required to deal with pupils whose behaviour was wholly unacceptable.

The Committee agreed to:

(i) note the contents of the report;

(ii) instruct the Director of Education to share and discuss the report with all relevant departments and agencies, including the Chief Constable of Tayside Police;

(iii) approve the proposal to review the guidelines on exclusion;

(iv) approve the proposal to plan and implement an anti-violence poster campaign in schools; and

(v) note that the Director of Education would bring a detailed report to the Education Committee in January 2006 on the management of disruptive behaviour incorporating a review of the policy on the management of pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, first approved in 2001.

KEVIN KEENAN, Convener.