Issue - meetings

(a)       That the Committee agree to establish an Education for All Task & Finish Group to develop and evaluate policy options and proposed programmes;

(b)       That Councillors: Paul Cunningham, Dave Mackie and Mr. David Hytch be nominated to sit on the Education for All Task & Finish Group; and

(c)        That the Facilitator contact the Committee Members, not present, to ask if they would like to volunteer to sit on the Education for All Task & Finish Group

The Education and Youth Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator introduced a report on the setting up of an Education for All Task & Finish Group to help develop and evaluate policy options and proposed programmes.  She provided background information and advised that a draft project plan appended to the report had been prepared as a starting point for the scrutiny exercise requested by the Committee at its meeting on 26 March 2015.  She explained that the draft project plan would need to be discussed and amended at the first meeting of the Task and Finish Group. 

The Committee were asked to consider establishing an Education for All Task & Finish Group and to nominate Members to the Group. Members agreed to set up an Education for All Task & Finish Group to develop and evaluate policy options and proposed programmes and Councillors Paul Cunningham, Dave Mackie, and Mr. David Hytch put their names forward to be members of the Group.  It was agreed that the Facilitator would contact those Members who were not present to ask if they would like to volunteer to sit on the Task & Finish Group.

The Facilitator advised that the first meeting of the Task & Finish Group would be held during September 2015, and that the terms of reference for the Group would then be submitted to a following meeting of the Education and Youth Overview and Scrutiny Committee.  

RESOLVED:

 (a)      That the Committee agree to establish an Education for All Task & Finish Group to develop and evaluate policy options and proposed programmes;

(b)       That Councillors: Paul Cunningham, Dave Mackie and Mr. David Hytch be nominated to sit on the Education for All Task & Finish Group; and

(c)        That the Facilitator contact the Committee Members, not present, to ask if they would like to volunteer to sit on the Education for All Task & Finish Group