At the moment parents who do take term time holidays face being fined £60 per child - but that is soon set to rise
Thousands of parents have signed a petition demanding children to be allowed two weeks off school without being fined.
Currently, any parent who takes a term-time holiday faces being hit with a £60 fine per child. This increases to £120 if it's not paid within 21 days.However, under new rules that it soon set to rise to £80 and £160 respectively. The online petition - titled 'Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty' - is quickly gathering pace and has already amassed 176,000 signatures since it was created last month, the M.E.N reports.
"I feel these families are being discriminated against as they may not find it possible to travel outside of term time, as it could be too costly or overwhelming, with travel, queues, noise, busy airports, busy public transport, busy resorts etc. We think it's unfair that these families and children might not be able to go on holiday because they can't take time off during term time.Any petition with more than 100,000 signatures is considered for debate in Parliament.
The Department for Education has said school absence fines will be brought under a national framework to help tackle inconsistencies in their use across England. Under the new measures, which have been announced as part of the government's efforts to try to cut down on the number of children who are regularly missing school, every state school in England will share their daily attendance registers with the DfE, councils and academy trusts.
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