A staggering 10,072 lawsuits have been instituted by the education authorities since 2009 against parents who did not send their children to school, figures given in parliament show. The data, given by Education Minister Evarist Bartolo in reply to a question by Labour MP Etienne Grech, highlights the discrepancy between state, private and independent schools. Just 18 cases were instituted against parents of children in state schools and 106 against those having children in church schools. The rest were against parents who send their children to government schools. The biggest number of arraignments, 1,760, was in 2010/2011. Court action against parents has also been hitting the headlines abroad. In the UK today, a court was told that taking a child to Florida for seven consecutive days during term time without a school's permission cannot be viewed as lawful. The submission was made as Isle of Wight Council, backed by the Education Secretary, launched a landmark legal battle over term-time holidays in the highest court in the land. In a case being watched by schools and parents all over the country, the local education authority is seeking to overturn a High Court ruling in May...
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