School Attendance Sub-committee Of The Education Committee - 30/05/2000

At a MEETING of the SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the EDUCATION COMMITTEE held in Committee Room 3, City Chambers, Dundee on Tuesday 30th May 2000.

 

Present:-

 

Mr David MURDOCH, Mr Ronald FLIGHT, Councillors George REGAN and David BEATTIE.

 

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 AND 19TH APRIL 2000

 

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)

DC55/00

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

 

(ii)

DC56/00

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

 

(iii)

DC36/00

Parents to be prosecuted.

 

(iv)

DC35/00

Parents to be prosecuted.

 

(v)

DC57/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(vi)

DC58/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(vii)

DC59/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(viii)

DC60/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(ix)

DC17/00

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

 

(x)

DC34/00

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

 

(xi)

DC45/00

Case continued for four weeks.

 

(xii)

DC46/00

Case continued for four weeks.

 

(xiii)

DC61/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(xiv)

DC62/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(xv)

DC38/00

Case continued for four weeks.

 

(xvi)

DC37/00

Refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(xvii)

DC63/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks, make an Attendance Order and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(xviii)

DC64/00

Warn parents and defer decision to prosecute for up to six weeks and refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(xix)

DC65/00

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

 

(xx)

DC53/00

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

 

(xxi)

DC52/00

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

 

(xxii)

DC51/00

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

 

(xxiii)

DC50/00

Refer to Reporter to the Children's Panel.

 

(xxiv)

DC31/00

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

 

(xxv)

DC33/00

Case continued for four weeks.

 

 

 

 

DAVID MURDOCH, Chairman

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