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Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

262

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

151

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A decision under subsection (2) shall be made within 20 working days of the

 

receipt of the application from the parent by the local authority.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

212

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  35,  at end insert ‘within 10 days of receiving the

 

notification with the required information from the parent.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

258

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  line  2,  leave out from ‘(6)’ to end of line 3.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

259

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 6 and 7.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

215

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 8 and 9.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

216

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 15 to 17.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

261

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 19 to 27.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

214

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 30 to 34.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

262

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 35 to 39.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

263

 

Schedule  1,  page  39,  line  40,  leave out ‘An application’ and insert ‘ A notification’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

263

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

264

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  4,  leave out ‘in connection with an application’ and insert

 

‘following a notification’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

265

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 10 and 11.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

217

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 14 to 45 and insert—

 

‘(4)    

The only information which a parent will be required to give to notify under this

 

Part and to have the child’s name included on the notification register is—

 

(a)    

the child’s name;

 

(b)    

the child’s date of birth;

 

(c)    

the names of the child’s parents;

 

(d)    

the names and addresses of those with current parental responsibility;

 

(e)    

the child’s last school, if any;

 

(f)    

the child’s gender;

 

(g)    

the child’s home address and place of education;

 

(h)    

the name of the person providing home education;

 

(i)    

contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, where available, for the

 

parents;

 

(j)    

the details of any previous revocation of registration and of any previous

 

school attendance order served.

 

(5)    

To meet the criteria required to notify and register, the parent shall not be required

 

to supply any information about the nature of the child’s prospective education.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

266

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  15,  leave out ‘an application for registration of’ and insert

 

‘notification of’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

70

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 17 to 19.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

267

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 17 to 28.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

264

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

107

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  22,  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘any’ in line 23.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

108

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  26,  leave out from ‘provide’ to ‘prescribed’ in line 27.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

153

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

the prescribed information mentioned in paragraph (b) shall not be

 

burdensome and need not require detailed curriculum or teaching plans.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

268

 

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 29 to 45.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

269

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  2,  leave out ‘an application’ and insert ‘a notification’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

270

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  9,  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘on’ in line 10 and insert

 

‘notification of a child’s details’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

218

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 12 to 24 and insert—

 

‘(4)    

The registration period ends when—

 

(a)    

the parent and child move to live outside the local authority area;

 

(b)    

the child is no longer of compulsory school age;

 

(c)    

the parent notifies the local authority that the child is no longer being

 

home educated;

 

(d)    

the local authority notifies the parent that a school attendance order has

 

been served.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

265

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

271

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  17,  leave out ‘or (c)’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

272

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 18 to 24 and insert—

 

‘(5)    

If the child ceases to be of compulsory school age, the registration period ends

 

with the date on which the child ceases to be of compulsory school age.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

273

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  26,  leave out ‘A local authority in England’ and insert

 

‘Where a local authority in England has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the

 

education provided to a child whose details are entered on their home education register

 

may not be suitable or that it would be harmful for the child’s welfare for the child to

 

continue to be home educated, the authority’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment would restrict monitoring powers to those cases where local authorities have

 

reasonable grounds for concern, as is the position in New Zealand and Ontario.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

71

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 28 and 29.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

110

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 28 to 32.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

219

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  28,  leave out from ‘whether’ to end of line 29 and insert

 

‘a child whose name has been entered on the notification register is receiving suitable

 

home education.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

220

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 30 and 31.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

266

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

109

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  30,  leave out ‘it’ and insert ‘the education provided to a

 

child’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

221

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out line 32.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

222

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 33 and 34.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Tim Loughton

 

229

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

what support the child may need in relation to any special educational

 

needs or disabilities.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

111

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 35 to 38.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

274

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out from beginning of line 39 to end of line 9 on page 42.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

223

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  39,  leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

224

 

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  40,  leave out from ‘their’ to end of line 5 on page 42 and

 

insert—

 

‘(a)    

contacting the parent or educator of the child at least once during each

 

full year of registration;

 

(b)    

meeting the parent of the child where this is considered appropriate;

 

(c)    

meeting the child where this is considered necessary.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

267

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Tim Loughton

 

230

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

making any provision in relation to any special educational needs the

 

child may have.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

225

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

The Secretary of State shall establish an independent inquiry into the appropriate

 

definition of a suitable home education, which shall consult with all interested

 

parties and report no later than 31 December 2011. Until such time, no local

 

authority may withdraw registration for home education on the basis of—

 

(a)    

failure to teach the National Curriculum;

 

(b)    

failure to provide a broad and balanced curriculum;

 

(c)    

failure to have a timetable;

 

(d)    

failure to have premises equipped to any particular standard;

 

(e)    

failure to have set hours during which education will take place;

 

(f)    

failure to enter the child to achieve any specific qualifications;

 

(g)    

failure to make detailed education plans in advance;

 

(h)    

failure to observe school hours, days or terms;

 

(i)    

failure to give formal lessons;

 

(j)    

failure to mark work done by the child;

 

(k)    

failure to formally assess progress or set development objectives;

 

(l)    

failure to reproduce school type peer group socialisation;

 

(m)    

failure to match school-based, age specific standards of education.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

275

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Nothing in this section shall limit the powers of a local authority in England under

 

section 47 of the Children Act 1989.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

276

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out line 21 and insert ‘Removal of a child’s details from the

 

home education register’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

277

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  22,  leave out from ‘may’ to ‘the’ and insert ‘remove a

 

child’s details from’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

226

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 24 and 25.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010                  

268

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

278

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 24 to 29.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

73

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  28,  leave out from ‘respect’ to end of line 29.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

296

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 31 to 38.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

115

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  33,  after ‘failure’, insert ‘reasonably’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

116

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  34,  leave out from ‘19E’ to ‘the’ in line 35.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

227

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  34,  leave out from ‘19E’ to end of line 37.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

279

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  35,  after ‘section 19E(4)’, insert ‘(and such objection is

 

unreasonable)’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

72

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out line 38.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

297

 

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 40 to 43.


 
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