Rejected petition Make sending kids to school optional and cancel charges for absence

To give the parents the option of deciding whether they want to send their kids to school or not. They can continue online classes. Stop charging parents for not sending their kids to school.

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As the covid-19 cases are on the rise and there’s a second lockdown coming, it is not safe for kids from different household to mix up at school.

This petition was rejected

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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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Close Schools and Colleges during a second nationwide lockdown: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557012

Suspend fines for school non-attendance during Covid-19 & allow parental choice: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551740

Require schools to support home learning during Covid-19 outbreak: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334065

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 1 November 2020
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