Committee Administrator - Paul Thistlewood 823285 

To: Cllrs Wareham (Chairman), Breach, Chapman, Coburn*, Devall, Fuller, Morey*, Pearson, Spence, Tuck

Co-opted Members :Archdeacon Banting, Sister Patricia (Church Representatives), 2 vacancies (Parent Governors)

(*indicates non-voting members)

NB. Any other member of the Council may attend the meeting and may speak with the permission of the Chairman provided that notification has been given to the Committee Services section before the commencement of the meeting, such notification to detail which items the member is attending for. (Standing Order 31(2))

Meeting : Date : Time: Place :

Education, Community Development and Life Long Learning Select Committee Friday, 6 April 2001 10.00 am Committee Room 1, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight

A G E N D A

1. MINUTES

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2001 (Paper A).

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

3. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

To ensure a full and public written answer members of the public wishing to ask a question should submit the question in writing to Committee Services at least one clear working day before the start of the meeting, in accordance with Standing Order 41 (5)(b).

4. URGENT BUSINESS

To consider any matters which, in the Chairman's opinion, are urgent.

5. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

(a) Best Value Review : Client Services Section (Paper B)

(b) Comprehensive, Efficient and Modern Public Libraries - Standards and Assessment (Paper C)

6. PUBLICLY FUNDED PLACEMENTS IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

To consider the following motion submitted by Mr J Spence to the full Council on 14 March 2001 and referred to the Select Committee for discussion.

'In seeking to reduce expenses to the local taxpayer, to reduce burdens on LEA departments, and to reduce stress on the families of the few children for whom placement in the Independent Sector may be a life-saving solution, we propose that in cases in which the LEA would not incur additional expenses (and in which parents of children with SEN took full responsibility for monitoring the success of those placements), that the Director of Education be given the power to authorise LEA funding on such placements in the Independent Sector, without the need for the parents to seek direction by the Tribunal.'

An appendix from Mr Spence outlining two cases is attached. (Paper D)

7. MEMBERS' QUESTION TIME

Members are reminded that questions must be notified to the Chairman via Committee Services prior to the commencement of the meeting and shall be directed to the Chairman to answer, in accordance with Standing Order 41 (4)(b).