Suspend fines for school non-attendance during Covid-19 & allow parental choice

The government must remove the threat of fines and further action and allow parental choice based on individual circumstances. Currently a blanket policy applies regardless of individual family risk levels from Covid-19 (for example to those who are clinically vulnerable or single parent families).

This petition closed on 6 Apr 2021 with 7,592 signatures


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