Allow 7 days per school year per family for families to go away during term time

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently this Country has little to no allowances for term-time family holidays. This is in spite of extortionate price rises for holidays during school breaks. I suggest that families should be entitled to 7 days per academic year per family during term time to enjoy an affordable family holiday.

This would be akin to an employees holiday allowance at work however enables those families who are on lower incomes to be able to afford a family break without having to take out a second mortgage to fund it. Education should be taken seriously but as should quality family time which, with this current system, seems to pail into insignificance. Being fined for taking your child away on holiday feels like we're being punished for wanting time with our children. Something has to change.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Allow all children in school term times a leave allowance for family hoildays.

Timeline

23 Jan 2018	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jan 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jan 2018

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