Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Decision made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To report on a number of proposed changes to
the constitution, prior to consideration and approval at Council on
17 January 2008.
6/2008 The Cabinet recommended Council
to:
a) delegate authority to the Chief Executive to formally appoint
Independent Members to serve on Independent Admission Appeals
Panels and Independent Exclusion Appeals Panels for terms of office
not exceeding three years at a time
b) formally designate the Head of Democratic Services as Clerk to
the Independent Panels for School Admission Appeals and School
Exclusion Appeals and to authorise the Clerk to appoint the
Chairman for each Panel from among the pool of Independent
Members.
7/2008 The Cabinet recommended Council to:
a) appoint the Local Authority representative on the two Management
Committees.
b) amend the procedures for appointing Local Authority governors to
include the appointment of Local Authority members of PRU
Management Committees
8/2008 The Cabinet agreed to:
a) approve the first Instruments of Government for the Silverbank
and Will Adams Centre Pupil Referral Units, as set out in Appendix
1 and 2 of the report;
b) delegate to the Director of Children's Services power to make
arrangements for elections for parent and staff members and to
appoint the first community members;
c) delegate to the Management Committees the power to
· conduct the unit
· manage complaints
· manage discipline (including exclusion of pupils).
9/2008 The Cabinet recommended to Council to amend paragraph 8.1
(bullet point 2 (vii)) of the employee delegation scheme (part 4,
chapter 3 of the Constitution) as set out in section 6 of the
report.
To comply with the Regulations and a new
School Admission Appeals Code which come into force on 17 January
2008 and apply to appeals in respect of decisions on admissions
communicated on or after 1 March 2008.To comply with The Education
(Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees, etc) (England)
Regulations 2007.To comply with a request from the Development
Control Committee.
Publication date: 08/01/2008
Date of decision: 08/01/2008
Decided at meeting: 08/01/2008 - Cabinet
Effective from: 17/01/2008
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