Reform school absence fines and restore parental authority.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Abolish school absence fines. Restore parental authority to decide family holidays. Remove schools’ power to deny reasonable requests. Parents should decide what’s best for their children, not schools.

Fines penalise struggling working parents who already face high costs. The system unfairly criminalises families choosing affordable holidays during term time. Schools shouldn’t override parental decisions about family time. Parents work hard and deserve the right to make reasonable choices about their children without financial punishment.

Why it was rejected

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

The following petition calls for a similar action:

Stop fines for taking children out of school on holiday
Stop fines for taking children out of school on holiday

Timeline

13 Jul 2025	Petition opened for signatures
30 Jul 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jul 2025

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