The amendment, to be tabled by Baroness Thornton, could update the Education Act 1996, under which local authorities are not required to provide these groups with the same education as other children.
Amanda Allard, senior policy advisor at NCH, which is spearheading the campaign to change the law, said that although children in custody received a limited amount of schooling, sectioned children often received none.
The news comes as the Local Government Association raised concerns over the speed with which the Government was driving the Bill through Parliament, warning that it would be unable to take into account the findings of key consultations.
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