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Remove powers for local councils to fine when children are absent from school.

Submitted by Valenteen Clayton on Thursday 4th November 2021

Published on Tuesday 9th November 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 9th May 2022

Signatures: 58

Tagged with

Child ~ Children ~ Council ~ Covid ~ Covid-19 ~ Covid-19 pandemic ~ Fined ~ FINES ~ Pandemic ~ Power ~ Reasonable ~ Remove ~ Schools

Petition Action

Remove powers for local councils to fine when children are absent from school.

Petition Details

If your child is missing school without a good reason your local council can fine you, so I'm asking for a petition calling for these powers to be removed.

Additional Information

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic something has gone amiss. Parents are being told via schools not to send children if they are unwell, however if your child is off school you can still be fined without good reason. Your child can be sent home with a sniffle and this is still logged as time off. If they are unwell with a sniffle it is not always necessary to take them to the doctors.

The pandemic is a good enough reason to look at this problem and I ask you to consider removing this power.


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