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Special Educational Needs Transport Policy
Meeting: 16/04/2013 - Cabinet (Item 6)
6 Special Educational Needs Transport Policy 
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Minutes:
Background:
This report sought approval to amendments to the current Medway Special Educational Needs Transport Policy, so to align the Policy with legislative requirements and new statutory guidance relating to appeals.
These amendments followed the publication of revised guidance by the Department for Education in March 2013 and a review of Medway’s new Special Educational Needs (SEN) Transport Policy, ahead of Member training in April.
The Cabinet agreed to accept this report as an urgent item to enable the SEN Transport Policy to be compliant with legislative requirements at the earliest opportunity.
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Decision number: |
Decision: |
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77/2013 |
The Cabinet agreed the changes to sections 3.4 and 3.5 of the Special Educational Needs Transport Policy, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report. |
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78/2013 |
The Cabinet agreed the addition to section 3 relating to denominational preference, as detailed at Appendix 1 to the report. |
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79/2013 |
The Cabinet agreed, in order to comply with the new statutory guidance, that the wording in paragraph 14.1 of the Special Educational Needs Transport Policy be changed from “a panel of professionals” to “a senior officer” as set out within the guidance. |
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80/2013 |
The Cabinet agreed that the Director of Children and Adults, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children Services, bring forward a proposed School Transport Policy which combines transport for SEN and non-SEN children and young people. |
Reasons:
The amendments will align the current Special Educational Needs Transport Policy with current legislation and current Medway practices for non-Special Educational Needs transport.