Rejected petition Have mental health days off school

Teenagers struggle with depression , anxiety and many other mental health problems they should have a right to have a day off school for their mental health.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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

We can't accept your petition because it's the responsibility of schools to determine when an absence is authorised, for example due to illness, and not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could start a new petition calling for the UK Government to set guidelines requiring schools to take mental health into account when deciding how they handle absence if that's something you'd like to see happen.

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Date submitted 26 January 2019
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