Committee Administrator - Paul Thistlewood ☎ 823285  E-mail - [email protected]

To:      Cllrs Howe (Chairman), Bowker*, Chapman, Clough, Gardiner, Gauntlett, Hancock, Humby*, Joyce, Kendall, Mellor, Morey, Pearson, Richards,

Co-opted Members : Archdeacon Banting, Sister Patricia (Church Representatives), Mr N Mitchell, Ms M Wilson (Parent Governors).

(*indicates non-voting members)

Portfolio Holder : Cllr Wareham

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.

A G E N D A

1.        MINUTES

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 June 2002 (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 guarantee a full reply at the meeting, the question must be delivered in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 9.30 am on Thursday, 4 July 2002 Each question must give the name and address of the questioner. Questions may be asked at the meeting without prior notice but in these circumstances there is no guarantee that a full reply will be given at the meeting.

4.        URGENT BUSINESS

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

5.        BUDGET MONITORING REPORT

To consider the report of the Strategic Director for Finance and Information and County Treasurer (Paper B)

6.        TRUANCY AND EXCLUSION

To discuss issues relating to truancy and exclusion. The following papers are attached as background :-

           (1)       DFES Press Release on Tackling Truancy (Paper C1)

           (2)       Isle of Wight Council Guidelines for the Registration and Attendance of Pupils at School (Paper C2)

           (3)       Isle of Wight Council Policy for Attendance at School (Paper C3)

           (4)       DFES Circular No 11/99 - Social Inclusion: Pupil Support (Paper C4)

           (5)       Working with Young People to Reduce Crime and Disorder (Paper C5)

7.        REPORT OF THE HEAD OF PAID SERVICE

           (1)       Future of the Children’s Committee (Paper D)

           (2)       Sports Action Zone Task Group (Paper E)

8.        MEMBERS’ QUESTION TIME

A question must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 9.30 am on Friday, 5 July 2002.

The information contained in this agenda is available in Braille, large print, tape and community languages. Please contact Paul Thistlewood ☎ 823285 for details.