"Michael Gove's decision to crack down on parents taking children on holiday in term time is being challenged in the courts by a group of parents. The action to take the Education Secretary's ruling to judicial review is being backed by a petition signed by more than 200,000 parents. The group claims the rules are a breach of their human right to a family life."
"Parents Want A Say is being launched today and co-ordinated by Karen Wilkinson, a mother-of-three from Bath in Somerset, reports the Sunday Times. 'Requests to take children out of school for weddings, to visit elderly grandparents who live abroad or even in some cases, when doctors have sanctioned the request because it's in the child's interest, are all being turned down,' she said."
"This weekend it emerged that a ten-year-old girl from Tamworth was denied a day off for her grandfather's funeral."
"Mr Gove's changes brought in last year end the right for schools to grant up to 10 days holiday per year in special circumstances. Parents face fine of £60 per pupil per parent if they take children out of school without permission and those who refuse to pay could be fined £2,500 by the courts and even jailed for up to three months."
"More than 24,000 children are skipping school every day to go on family holidays as parents ignore the threat of fines to escape peak-time price hikes."
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