Education, Children and Young People Committee

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (Modification) Regulations 2025 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025 [draft] from— Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and Clare Hicks, Director, Education Reform, Scottish Government; Nico McKenzie-Juetten, Lawyer, and Andrew Rea, Legal Trainee, Scottish Government Legal Directorate. 3. Subordinate legislation: Jenny Gilruth Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to move—S6M-16297—That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends that the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025 [draft] be approved. 4. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from— Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Scottish Government; David Gregory, Strategic Director - Scottish Attainment Challenge, Education Scotland; David Leng, Head of Scottish Attainment Challenge, and Alison Taylor, Deputy Director for Improvement, Attainment and Wellbeing, Scottish Government. 5. Evidence Session (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.