Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Director of Education, Skills and Young People.

It was unanimously RESOLVED:-

·       To amend the name of SACRE to SAC and for its terms of reference to be included in the Council’s Constitution by the Monitoring Officer, in accordance with the legislative requirement for SAC;

·       That on the basis that the local authority must take all reasonable steps to secure that the membership is broadly proportionate to the strength of each religion, denomination, or non-religious philosophical conviction in its local area, the membership of SAC includes a total of 9 seats, made up of 6 seats to the current members and an additional 3 new seats appointed to representatives from: Humanists UK, Islam and Jehovah’s Witness.

·       To conduct a further review, within 6 months, of the current Christian seats (thus excluding Jehovah’s Witnesses from the next consultation) following comments made when SACRE was consulted and the figures that have been received.

The report of the Director of Education, Skills and Young People was presented to the Council by the Chair of the SACRE.

It was unanimously RESOLVED:-

• To amend the name of SACRE to SAC and for its terms of reference to be included in the Council’s Constitution by the Monitoring Officer, in accordance with the legislative requirement for SAC;
• That on the basis that the local authority must take all reasonable steps to secure that the membership is broadly proportionate to the strength of each religion, denomination, or non-religious philosophical conviction in its local area, the membership of SAC includes a total of 9 seats, made up of 6 seats to the current members and an additional 3 new seats appointed to representatives from: Humanists UK, Islam and Jehovah’s Witness.
• To conduct a further review, within 6 months of the current Christian seats (thus excluding Jehovah’s Witnesses from the next consultation) following comments made when SACRE was consulted and the figures that have been received.