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Appointment of Chairman Minutes: RESOLVED
That Councillor A Thwaite be appointed Chairman for the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Public Speaking Time/Open Session In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting. Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman or person presiding will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.
Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.
Minutes: There were no members of the public present. |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public The report relating to the remaining item on the agenda has been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matter may be determined with the press and public excluded.
The Committee may decide that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and public interest would not be served in publishing the information.
PART 2 – MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS PRESENT
Minutes: RESOLVED
That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involves the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and the public interest would not be served in publishing the information.
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Appointment of Lay Members to Independent Appeal Panel for School Admissions To consider the appointment of an individual to become an independent appeal panel member for school admissions and exclusions. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered the appointment of an individual to become an independent appeal panel member for school admissions and exclusions.
Since 2012, the number of panel members had fallen by 3. There were currently 67 admission appeal panel members (34 lay and 33 education members) and 5 others (governors and head teachers) who sat on exclusion review panels.
The need for the applicant referred to in the Appendix to be appointed arose from the fact that the Council was extremely short of secondary head teachers for exclusion review panels. Such reviews required a lay chairman, governor and Head teacher. The applicant would also sit on admission appeal panels. It was not necessary to advertise on this occasion as the applicant had been contacted direct by officers. In accordance with normal practice, the applicant was not required to attend the Committee’s meeting.
All independent appeal panel members received training before taking part in hearings.
RESOLVED
That the individual referred to in the Appendix to the report be appointed as an independent appeal panel member for school admissions and exclusions. |