Clause 90 creates a new offence by stipulating that if a child has beenexcluded for up to five days, parents will commit an offence if theirchild is in public during school hours. This imposes a potentially hugeburden on parents.
Money would be better spent on multi-agency work with vulnerablefamilies.
Jan Fry, director of external relations, Parentline Plus, and ChrisGravell, policy officer, Advisory Centre for Education.
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