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P-05-923 Are you listening to us? Home Education Rights and Respect!
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Meeting: 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
- Webcast for 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 4 PDF 53 KB View as HTML (4/1) 8 KB
- 28.02.20 Correspondence - Home Education Flintshire to Committee, item 4 PDF 613 KB View as HTML (4/2) 9 KB
- 01.03.20 Correspondence - Wrexham and Surrounds Home Education Group to Committee, item 4 PDF 156 KB
- 04.03.20 Correspondence - Children's Commissioner for Wales to Chair, item 4 PDF 519 KB
- 22.06.20 Welsh Government Written Statement: Home Education Statutory Guidance and Draft Database Regulations, item 4 PDF 211 KB View as HTML (4/5) 14 KB
- 24.06.20 Correspondence - Home Education Barry to Chair, item 4 PDF 298 KB View as HTML (4/6) 7 KB
- 26.06.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 4 PDF 140 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition alongside P-05-
922 Withdraw the proposed home education guidance. In light of the
Minister for Education’s announcement that the planned reforms to home
education regulations and guidance will no longer be taken forward during this
Senedd term, the Committee agreed to close the petitions and thank all of those
who have engaged with it on this issue.
Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
- Webcast for 04/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 04/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 50 KB View as HTML (3/1) 8 KB
- 23.12.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 3 PDF 164 KB
- 29.01.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3 PDF 157 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition alongside P-05-922 Withdraw the proposed home education guidance and agreed to:
·
write
to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales to seek her view on the issues raised
and how, in her view, the appropriate balance can be struck between the
competing interests on this matter;
·
seek
further written evidence from bodies which represent home schooling in Wales;
and
·
following
this, invite the Minister for Education to provide evidence to a future Committee
meeting.
Meeting: 03/12/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
- Webcast for 03/12/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 03/12/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 28 KB View as HTML (2/1) 8 KB
- Research Brief, item 2 PDF 203 KB
- 29.10.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 2 PDF 329 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
· group the petition with P-05-922 Withdraw the proposed home education guidance and to consider theme together in the future; and
· write back to the Minister for Education to ask for details of the response rate to the consultation, and for an indication of the proposed timescales for determining the next steps.
Janet Finch-Saunders declared an interest as a member of the Children, Young People and Education Committee which has looked at this issue also.