Agenda and minutes

School Transport and Curriculum Appeals Committee - Thursday, 12 September 2024 9.30am

Venue: Meeting Room 1 - Level 3, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham ME4 4TR. View directions

Contact: Stephanie Davis/Jon Pitt, Democratic Services Officers 

Items
No. Item

277.

Election of Chairperson

Minutes:

Councillor Price was elected as Chairperson for the meeting.

278.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Anang, Campbell and Mandaracas.  

279.

Record of meeting pdf icon PDF 195 KB

To approve the record of the meeting held on 29 August 2024.

Minutes:

The record of the meeting held on 29 August 2024 was agreed and signed by the Chairman as correct. 

280.

Urgent matters by reason of special circumstances

The Chairperson will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which he/she has agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the report. 

Minutes:

There were none. 

281.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests pdf icon PDF 371 KB

Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct. Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 4.

Minutes:

Disclosable pecuniary interests

 

There were none.

 

Other significant interests (OSIs)

 

There were none.

 

Other interests

 

There were none.

282.

Exclusion of the press and public pdf icon PDF 359 KB

This report summarises the content of agenda item 6, which, in the opinion of the proper officer, contains exempt information within one of the categories in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. It is a matter for the Committee to determine whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of documents.

Minutes:

The Committee agreed that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the exempt material relating to agenda item 6 because consideration of these matters in public would disclose information falling within one or more categories of exempt information contained in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as specified in agenda item 6 and, in all the circumstances of the case, the Committee considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. 

283.

Home to school transport appeals - matters for decision

Members are requested to consider appeals relating to an application for assistance with home to school transport.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Discussion:

 

The Committee considered 6 appeals in respect of the provision of home to school transport.

 

Decision:

 

(a)      That case number STA842, as set out in the exempt annex to the agenda, was upheld. 

 

(b)      That case number ST843 as set out in the exempt annex to the agenda, was upheld. 

 

(c)      That case number ST844, as set out in the exempt annex to the agenda, was upheld. 

 

(d)      That case number STASEN29, as set out in the exempt annex to the agenda, was upheld. 

 

(e)      That case number STASEN30, as set out in the exempt annex to the agenda, was upheld.

 

(f)       That case number STASEN31, as set out in the exempt annex to the agenda, was upheld.