Youth charity Rainer said the punitive orders should be replaced with learning agreements, which would make extra financial support or incentives such as free travel conditional on young people attending classes.
Like-minded groups are lobbying MPs to amend the Education and Skills Bill, which contains the controversial legislation, as it enters committee stage this week.
Rainer chief executive Joyce Moseley said: "Threatening young people with a criminal record - or worse, giving them one - does nothing to foster a commitment to learning."
Other groups are calling for changes to the elements of the Bill covering advice and guidance services for young people.
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