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P-05-922 Withdraw the proposed home education guidance
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Meeting: 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
- Webcast for 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 4
PDF 50 KB
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- 28.02.20 Correspondence - Home Education Flintshire to Committee, item 4
PDF 613 KB
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- 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
- 29.03.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 4
PDF 302 KB
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- 29.03.20 Correspondence - Protecting Home Education Wales to Committee, item 4
PDF 123 KB
- 22.06.20 Welsh Government Written Statement: Home Education Statutory Guidance and Draft Database Regulations, item 4
PDF 211 KB
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- 24.06.20 Correspondence - Home Education Barry to Chair, item 4
PDF 298 KB
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition alongside P-05- 923 Are you listening to us? Home Education Rights and Respect! 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
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
PDF 47 KB
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- 23.12.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 3
PDF 164 KB
- 27.01.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3
PDF 136 KB
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition alongside P-05-923 Are you listening to us? Home Education Rights and Respect! 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
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2
PDF 25 KB
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- Research Brief, item 2
PDF 203 KB
- 28.10.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 2
PDF 214 KB
- 26.11.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 2
PDF 381 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
· group the petition with P-05-923 Are you listening to us? Home Education Rights and Respect! and to consider them together in the future; and
· write back to the Minister for Education to ask for details of the response rate to the consultation, confirmation that the legal opinion provided by the petitioners is being considered by the Welsh Government 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.