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New guidelines from the Scottish Government should make it easier to withdraw pupils from school to be educated at home.New guidelines from the Scottish Government should make it easier to withdraw pupils from school to be educated at home.
Ministers are expected to recommend a six-week deadline for local authorities to decide whether a child can be taken out of mainstream education.Ministers are expected to recommend a six-week deadline for local authorities to decide whether a child can be taken out of mainstream education.
Parents who teach their children want the period shortened to two weeks.Parents who teach their children want the period shortened to two weeks.
The Scottish Parent Teacher Council has expressed concerns about adequate monitoring of home education.The Scottish Parent Teacher Council has expressed concerns about adequate monitoring of home education.
Home educators said they had faced prejudice and an entrenched lack of understanding from some of the local authorities.Home educators said they had faced prejudice and an entrenched lack of understanding from some of the local authorities.
I think we need to be much, much more careful about keeping a note of who is where and what is happening to them Judith GillespieScottish Parent Teacher Council
Some education directors, meanwhile, have been concerned a fast decision would amount to a rubber stamp - and lay them open to legal action from children who in later life feel their education has been lacking.Some education directors, meanwhile, have been concerned a fast decision would amount to a rubber stamp - and lay them open to legal action from children who in later life feel their education has been lacking.
Judith Gillespie, of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, was worried that there was not a register of youngsters withdrawn from school.
She cited a case involving five-year-old Danielle Reid, who was murdered by her mother's partner in Inverness in 2002.
A report into the case found the authorities had lost track of the youngster when her mother withdrew her from school.
Ms Gillespie said: "It is fine for people to have the right to educate their children themselves - obviously they have to check that they cover all the subjects and they give them a good social interaction.
"But ever since the case of Danielle Reid, when a child was withdrawn from school and then disappeared, I think we need to be much, much more careful about keeping a note of who is where and what is happening to them."