Parent's Group to challenge UK Government over holiday rules
Parent's Group to challenge UK Government over holiday rules
Published : 27-May-2014 11:34
It had to happen...Parents to take legal action against term-time holiday ban
Travelmole wrote:A group of parents are planning to take legal action against the ban on term-time holidays and have already won the support of 200,000 other parents.
The campaign group 'Parents want a say', which was officially launched at the weekend, is seeking a judicial review of the rules, claiming they are a breach of the human right to family life.
Last September the Education Secretary Michael Gove put a stop to a policy which allowed schools to grant up to 10 days holiday a year to families in "special circumstances." Head teachers are now only allowed to give permission in "exceptional circumstances."
Frankly, this...
Under the new rules, parents can be fined or even put into prison if they take their children away during term time.
...is flipping ridiculous. :twisted:
This is bad news for all of us, even if you're currently kid-free and never ski in the school holidays.
Today's kids are tomorrow's skiers; they are the future of our sport and if their families can no longer afford to take them skiing then the "market" (upon which all our favourite resorts depend for a living and future investment) will shrink further. A shrinking market means less choice, fewer flights, higher prices and - ultimately - quite possibly fewer resorts.
Bah, humbug.
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