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Venue: Council Chamber, Penallta House, Tredomen, Ystrad Mynach. View directions
Contact: Helen Morgan
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To receive apologies for absence. |
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Mayor's Announcements. |
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Presentation of Awards. |
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Short Film Presentation - "It's My Shout". |
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Declarations of interest. Councillors and Officers are reminded of their personal responsibility to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interest(s) in respect of any item of business on this agenda in accordance with the Local Government Act 2000, the Council’s Constitution and the Code of Conduct for both Councillors and Officers. |
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To approve and sign the following minutes: - |
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Council held on 17th November 2015 (minute nos 1 - 18). PDF 175 KB |
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To receive and consider the following report from the meeting of Cabinet held on 20th January 2016: - |
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Additional documents:
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To receive and consider the following reports: - |
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Additional documents: |
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Caerphilly County Borough Council Response to the Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill. PDF 193 KB |
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To receive and to answer the following question received under Rule of Procedure 10(2): - |
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The growth of Welsh Medium education is the result of parental demand,
and to date authorities have merely responded to existing demand. In doing so,
they have only made additional provision as and when existing schools have
reached capacity. The Schools Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 however,
requires local authorities to “promote” Welsh medium education. But while there
is sufficient short term capacity in most of our Welsh medium schools in Caerffili County, the authority is satisfied that it meets
demand. The definition of “promote” however, is to “encourage further advance”
and this requires the authority to create demand if it is to satisfy the
requirements of the 2013 Act. Will the Cabinet Member for Education say what steps the authority is
taking to achieve the legal demands of the Act, which is to “promote” Welsh
medium education i.e. opening new schools in areas where demand has been
identified. |