The Education (School Performance and Unauthorised Absence Targets) (Wales) Regulations 1999
These Regulations are made under section 19 of the Education Act 1997 and section 63 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. They come into force on 1st September 1999 and replace the Education (School Performance Targets) (Wales) Regulations 1998. The main change is to require the governing body of every maintained school providing secondary education to set final, reviewed and provisional targets in respect of pupils' unauthorised absence from school for 1, 2 and 3 years ahead respectively (regulation 7). Information concerning these targets and the actual unauthorised absence rate will have to be published every year with the governing body’s annual report.