Rejected petition Allow parents to temporarily home educate without being penalised during Covid19

We would like the government to at least consider allowing parents to remove their children for a few months/up to a year without being fined, having legal action taken against them or losing the child's place in school.

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Many parents would like to remove their children from school during this Covid-19 outbreak and home educate temporarily, without losing their child's school place. At the moment, fines and legal action are making this impossible. This is especially worrying when the children themselves or family members already have health concerns.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300399

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Date submitted 7 March 2020
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