Lifelong Learning Committee - 19 August 2009

 

Lifelong Learning Committee - 19 August 2009

A Meeting of the Lifelong Learning Committee will be held in the Council Chambers, Fourth Floor, Council Building, 2 High Street, Perth on Wednesday 19 August 2009 at 10.00am.

If you have any queries please contact Sandy Thornton/Jim Adamson on
(01738) 475120 or Andrew Wilson on (01738) 475172.

Members

Councillor E Grant (Convener), B Band (Vice Convener), G Hayton (Vice Convener), K Baird, E Maclachlan, A MacLellan, D Melloy, S Miller, L Simpson, A Stewart, B Vaughan, W Wilson and A Wylie; Mr I Jackson, Monsignor K McCaffrey, Mrs H Bridge, Mr D Stewart, Mr S Clark and Mrs A McAuley

Agenda

1. Declarations of Interest

2. Minutes

   (i)     Minute of Meeting of the Lifelong Learning Committee of 27 May 2009 for approval and signature
   
   (ii)    Minute of Meeting of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Teaching Staff of 28 April 2009 for noting
   
   (iii)   Minute of Meeting of the Executive Sub-Committee of 29 April 2009
   
   (iv)   Minute of Meeting of the School Estate Sub-Committee of 11 March 2009

3. Youth Music Initiative Year 7 [PDF: 319Kb] - Report by Executive Director (Education and Children's Services) (copy herewith 09/370)

4. Corporate Parenting Member/Officer Working Group [PDF: 235Kb] - Approval of Group's Remit (copy herewith 09/369)

   At the last meeting of the Corporate Parenting Member/Officer Working Group on 20 May 2009, it was decided to agree the attached remit for the Group and to seek the Lifelong Learning Committees approval for the remit.
   
   The remit is also being submitted to the Community Safety Committee and to the Housing and Health Committee for information.

5. Progress Report on the Strategy for Looked After Children [PDF: 483Kb] - Report by Executive Director (Education and Children's Services) (copy herewith 09/371)

6. Primary School Class Sizes [PDF: 239Kb] - Report by Executive Director (Education and Children's Services) (copy herewith 09/372)

7. Community Campus Let Charges (Art. 278) [PDF: 308Kb] - Report by Executive Director (Education and Children's Services) (copy herewith 09/373)

   Note: The following report was considered by the Community Safety Committee on 12 August 2009 and will also be presented to the Housing and Health Committee on 19 August 2009.

8. Progress on Alcohol Conference Actions [PDF: 569Kb] - Report by Executive Director (Housing and Community Care) (copy herewith 09/360)

9. Authority to Write-off Bad Debts and Obsolete Stock - Strategic Policy and Resources Committee - 10 June 2009 (Art. 311)

   The Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, at its meeting on 10 June 2009 agreed that the amounts set out in Report 09/288 be written-off but noted that action will continue to be taken to recover the amounts being written-off, where appropriate.  Members' attention is drawn to this decision and in particular those areas relating to Education and Children's Services.