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P-05-808 Welsh should not be compulsory for Children with Dyslexia and Special Needs
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
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Meeting: 19/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
- Webcast for 19/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 19/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
PDF 36 KB
View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- Correspondence - Interested third party parent to Committee , View reasons restricted (3/2)
- Correspondence - Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning, item 3
PDF 190 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from another parent but, in light of the
existing powers that Headteachers have to temporarily disapply aspects of the
National Curriculum - including the possibility of a temporary exemption from
particular subjects, agreed to close the petition.
Meeting: 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
- Webcast for 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2
PDF 36 KB
View as HTML (2/1) 6 KB
- Research Brief, item 2
PDF 69 KB
View as HTML (2/2) 35 KB
- 18.04.18 Correspondence – Minister for the Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning to the Chair, item 2
PDF 190 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
·
request
information about the level of support available in the teaching of Welsh to
pupils with dyslexia and what happens in extreme cases where it is identified
that a pupil is struggling to learn a second language; and
·
await
the views of the petitioner on the response from the Minister for Welsh
Language and Lifelong Learning before deciding whether to take any further
action on the petition.