Rejected petition Parents should have the option weather to put their children in school or not

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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It's the responsibility of the school to decide whether an absence is justifiable or not.

The UK Government issues guidance to schools about absence due to bullying:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623895/Preventing_and_tackling_bullying_advice.pdf

You could start a new petition if you would like that guidance to be changed.

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• Date submitted 26 January 2019
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