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Rejected petition: Force schools to close if they are over a certain temperature

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If in a school classroom; the temperature exceeds 32°c they should be forced to close for the safety of the students. The room will be too hot for students to study and it can become a major health hazard as most schools have the shortest break times legally possible.


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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Legislate a statutory maximum temperature for classrooms and fund school cooling
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/774023

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