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City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
SACRE (Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education) |
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Date |
23 February 2023 |
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Present |
Group A Penny Coppin-Siddall
Group B Sue Bland
Group C Andy Tod
Group D Cllr Ian Cuthbertson (Chair) Cllr Martin Rowley
LA Officer Maxine Squire (Assistant Director Education and Skills
Councillors Cuthbertson, Rowley, Maxine, Coppin-Siddall, Tod and Bland |
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Apologies |
Councillors Waller and Fitzpatrick, Karen Vincent Daryoush Mazloum, Ben Rich, Ian Hodgson, Taco Michiels and Olivia Seymour |
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25. Election of Chair [13.36]
A Chair for the meeting needed to be elected due to apologies for absence from the Chair and Vice Chair. Cllr Cuthbertson was elected as Chair for the meeting.
26. Minutes of Previous Meetings and Matters Arising [13.37]
Resolved: That the minutes of the SACRE meetings held on held on 22 June 2022, 29 November 2022 and 12 January 2023 and 6 February 2023 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.
27. SACRE Annual Report 2021-22 [13.38]
Resolved: That the SACRE Annual Report 2021-22 be approved for submission to the Department for Education (DfE) and NASACRE.
Reason: In order to meet the requirements for the submission of the SACRE Annual Report.
28. Virtual meetings [13.39]
Members considered holding future meetings virtually. Maxine Squire explained that the aim of this was to promote quoracy. A number of views were put forward regarding this with a number of benefits and drawbacks of having meetings in person or virtually. A Member requested that the decision for meetings to be held virtually be deferred until the following. Following a vote with one Member in favour of the deferral, and four against, the motion fell. Members then voted on meetings being held virtually with one Member against and four in favour. It was therefore;
Resolved: That approval be given for the option to attend meetings virtually for no more than four future meetings.
Reason: In order to ensure that future SACRE meetings are quorate.
29. Any Other Business [14.06]
None.
30. Future meeting dates [14.07]
The Clerk undertook to circulate potential future meeting dates to Members.
Cllr Cuthbertson, Chair
[The meeting started at 1.30 pm and finished at 2.07 pm].