{"id":86767,"date":"2023-10-20T10:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86767"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:31:31","slug":"new-rules-to-stop-schools-shutting-during-teacher-union-strikes-what-it-means-for-parents-and-kids-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/new-rules-to-stop-schools-shutting-during-teacher-union-strikes-what-it-means-for-parents-and-kids-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"New rules to stop schools shutting during teacher union strikes &#8211; what it means for parents and kids | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEACHING unions will be banned from shutting schools during strikes under a government crackdown to ease the disruption on kids.<\/p>\n<p>Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has today announced a minimum service level requirement for schools and colleges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-854.png\"><\/p>\n<p>She has today written to the unions asking them to voluntarily keep enough staff in classrooms during walkouts &#8211; with the threat of legal enforcement should they refuse.<\/p>\n<p>It means unions would be expected to ensure some level of staffing is provided on strike days so schools are not forced to completely shut.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils and parents suffered last academic year as 10 days of strike action saw a total 25million school days lost.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Keegan said: \u201cLast year\u2019s school strikes were some of the most disruptive on record for children, and their parents.<\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE ON POLITICS<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/crop-24459582.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/crop-24459582.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/crop-24459582.jpg\"><\/picture><span>THE LYNCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Rail strikes to hit Christmas AGAIN in push from Mick Grinch<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/picket-outside-university-college-hospital-849988334.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/picket-outside-university-college-hospital-849988334.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/picket-outside-university-college-hospital-849988334.jpg\"><\/picture><span>RAY OF HOPE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Senior doctors on \u00a3134k-a-year set to pause NHS strikes for government talks<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot afford a repeat of that disruption &#8211; 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