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	Cunninghame House,
	Irvine.
	18 September 2003

You are requested to attend a Meeting of the above mentioned Committee of North Ayrshire Council to be held in Committee Room 1, Cunninghame House, Irvine on WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2003 at 2.00 p.m. to consider the undernoted business.

1. Minutes

Confirm the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 12 August 2003 (copies previously circulated).

2. Educational Services Standing Sub Committee
Submit report being the Minutes of the Meeting of the Educational Services Standing Sub Committee held on 3 September 2003 (copy enclosed).


3. Committee Membership
Submit report by the Chief Executive on progress in identifying a parent representative and a teacher representative to serve on the Committee (copy enclosed).
Report

4. Public Private Partnership for Schools: Consultation Progress
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on the implementation of the consultation arrangements for the Public Private Partnership for Schools project (copy enclosed).
Report

5. Childcare Strategy: Funding and Development
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on the progress made in implementing the Scottish Executive Childcare Strategy (copy enclosed).
Report
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4





6. School Attendance and Absence
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on the recording of attendance and absence at school (copy enclosed).
Report
Appendix


7. 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on North Ayrshire's involvement in the forthcoming Conference for Commonwealth Education Ministers (copy enclosed).
Report

8. New Opportunities Fund - Out of Hours Childcare
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on the New Opportunities funding received by North Ayrshire for Out of Hours Childcare (copy enclosed).
Report
Appendix

9. Youth Music Initiative
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on proposals to participate in a national three year Youth Music Initiative launched and funded by the Scottish Executive (copy enclosed).
Report

10. Arts and Cultural Activity in Schools
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on a programme of arts and cultural activity in schools (copy enclosed).
Report
Appendix

11. Summer Festivals 2003
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on the Summer Festivals held in North Ayrshire in 2003 (copy enclosed).
Report

12. HMIE Report: Fencedyke Primary School
Submit report by the Corporate Director (Educational Services) on the HMIE Inspection Report on Fencedyke Primary School (copy enclosed).
Report


13. Revenue Budget 2003/04: Budgetary Control
Submit report by the Assistant Chief Executive (Finance) on the budgetary control position for Educational Services at the end of August 2003, and projections for the financial year 2003/04 (copy enclosed).
Report

14. Urgent Items
Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent.

Educational Services Committee
Sederunt: Ex Officio*	Peter McNamara Jacqueline Browne Donald Reid Thomas Barr Gordon Clarkson Stewart Dewar Drew Duncan* David Gallagher Jane Gorman* Jean Highgate Alan Hill Elspeth MacTaggart Margaret McDougall* Father Matthew McManus Elisabethe Marshall Rev Sandy Montgomerie David Munn David O'Neill* John Reid Ian Richardson Elaine Shaw Gordon Smith Nan Wallace	(Chair) (Vice-Chair) (Vice-Chair)	Chair: Attending: Apologies: Meeting Ended: