Video: Council members clashed over the controversial fines.
Plans to temporarily shelve fines for Nottinghamshire parents who take their children out of school during term time for holidays have been voted down.
The County Council decided not to lift the charges, which had been proposed by the Ashfield Independents group at the authority.
The council cut school summer holidays from six to five weeks last year, and added an extra week on to the October half term holiday, making it two weeks.
The new holiday dates are due to come in from the academic year 2019/2020, and will mirror holiday dates in the city.
But the Ashfield Independents proposed suspending the £60 fines for a year, to give parents more time to adjust to the new holiday dates.
The Conservative group, which leads the authority, argued other children who stay in school lose out because pupils taken out of class need help and extra attention from teachers to catch up when they return.
The proposal was voted down by the authority at a meeting at County Hall, West Bridgford, on Friday (January 19).
