After-school activities

The plan highlights the after-school centre as decisive for all children to have a meaningful leisure time and requires investments not only in teaching but also in leisure activities. The counter-proposal's requirements for higher quality, more educated staff and a gradually expanded right to after-school care for all students regardless of parents' employment follow directly from this, as well as from the plan's requirement for a compensatory school. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• after-school care's importance for all childrendecisive»Möjligheterna att vara på fritidshem betyder mycket« (party programme ↗)“The opportunities to be at after-school care mean a lot”
• resources for leisure activities»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It requires investments not only in teaching but also in student health, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”
• compensatory school»En skola som ger barn lika chanser är också kompensatorisk, det vill säga den förmår ge mer stöd till den som kommer från sämre förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A school that gives children equal chances is also compensatory, that is, it is able to give more support to the one who comes from worse conditions.”
• addressing class differences»roll att spela i att kompensera för klasskillnader och andra skillnader i« (party programme ↗)“role to play in compensating for class differences and other differences in”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto points out preschool, school and after-school care as the best tools for lifting children and demands more resources to the most exposed activities, which directly supports the requirement for after-school care of high quality with trained staff. The manifesto also wants access to sports and culture to increase and parents' wallets not to decide, which supports both cooperation with the voluntary sector and an expanded right to after-school care.

• after-school care as a tool for children's opportunitiesdecisive»Förskola, skola och fritids är de bästa verktygen vi har för att lyfta barn ur dysfunktionella miljöer och ge dem en bättre framtid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preschool, school and after-school care are the best tools we have to lift children out of dysfunctional environments and give them a better future.”
• equal access to leisure activities»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka. Föräldrarnas plånbok ska inte avgöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable costs, for both sports and culture, needs to increase. Parents' wallets shall not decide.”
• resources according to need»De mest utsatta skolorna och förskolorna måste få mer resurser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The most exposed schools and preschools must receive more resources.”
• resources for equal opportunities»Detta måste motverkas genom att samhällets resurser fördelas så att alla elever ges« (party programme ↗)“This must be counteracted by distributing society's resources so that all students are given”

The plan explicitly promises to invest more in after-school centres and that also children whose parents do not work shall have access to after-school activities — exactly what the counter-proposal demands. The party programme highlights after-school centres' pedagogical role for children's development, and the plan wants to distribute resources to schools and preschools according to need. The demand for more resources, educated staff and expanded access thus follows directly from the plan.

• after-school activities for all childrendecisive»satsa mer på fritidshemmen och se till att även de barn vars föräldrar inte arbetar får tillgång till fritids.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest more in after-school centres and ensure that also children whose parents do not work get access to after-school activities.”
• after-school centres' pedagogical value»Fritidshemmen kan skapa mångsidighet, helhet« (party programme ↗)“After-school centres can create versatility, wholeness”
• resources according to need»I det nya gröna folkhemmet fördelas resurserna till skola och förskola efter behov så att varje barn klarar sin utbildning och mår bra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the new green People's Home, resources are distributed to schools and preschools according to need so that every child manages their education and feels well.”
• smaller groups, more staff»satsa på mindre barngrupper och mer personal i förskolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in smaller children's groups and more staff in preschool.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan explicitly promises to make preschool and after-school provision accessible to all, without the costs falling on municipalities, precisely so that all children get to share the community and develop together with educators. That is precisely the counter-proposal's demand for a successively expanded right to after-school provision regardless of parents' employment. The plan's emphasis on the value of voluntary organisations and sport also supports the demand for cooperation with civil society.

• after-school provision accessible to alldecisive»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna, för att underlätta integrationen, stärka jämställdheten och ge varje barn en chans att utvecklas tillsammans med pedagoger och andra barn.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and after-school provision accessible to all, without these costs falling on municipalities, to facilitate integration, strengthen gender equality and give every child a chance to develop together with educators and other children.”
• cost excludes children»För många familjer med små marginaler är kostnaden ett problem som gör att många barn inte får tillgång till den gemenskap och förberedelse för skolan som förskolan är.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For many families with tight margins, the cost is a problem that means many children do not get access to the community and school preparation that preschool is.”
• value of voluntary organisations»Idrottsrörelsen och Sveriges folkrörelser gör värdefulla insatser för att bygga tillit och gemenskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The sports movement and Sweden's popular movements do valuable work in building trust and community.”
• after-school provision nationwide»Bra förskolor, skolor och fritidshem ska finnas i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Good preschools, schools and after-school provision must exist throughout the country.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan gives after-school centers an explicit knowledge role: they shall increasingly support schoolwork, and school shall also provide homework help. The plan also applies the same logic to preschool, which is for children and therefore shall be open also for children of unemployed and parents on parental leave, which bears the requirement that the right to after-school care is expanded regardless of parents' employment. The plan also identifies preschool, school, after-school centers and community life as the supporting structures that give stability to vulnerable children.

• after-school centers shall support schoolworkdecisive»fritidshemmen ska i ökad utsträckning stödja skolarbetet.« (party programme ↗)“after-school centers shall increasingly support schoolwork.”
• the service is for children»Förskolan är till för barnen.« (party programme ↗)“Preschool is for children.”
• community life gives stability»föreningsliv kan ge stadga åt en i övrigt instabil tillvaro.« (party programme ↗)“community life can give stability to an otherwise unstable situation.”
• homework help at school»Skolan ska också ge möjlighet till läxhjälp.« (party programme ↗)“School shall also provide homework help.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

According to the party programme, the needs of children and families are the starting point for family policy and everyone must be able to choose the form of childcare that best suits their own circumstances, while at the same time the policy must give parents time with their children. Progressively expanding the right to after-school care to all pupils regardless of their parents' employment instead steers childcare towards one form and restricts the family's choice. The requirement for cooperation with the voluntary sector, on the other hand, aligns with the plan.

• the family's choice of childcaredecisive»Barnens och familjernas behov är utgångspunkten för familjepolitiken. Alla ska ha möjlighet att välja den barnomsorgsform som passar de egna förhållandena bäst.« (party programme ↗)“The needs of children and families are the starting point for family policy. Everyone must have the opportunity to choose the form of childcare that best suits their own circumstances.”
• time for parents and children»Familjepolitiken måste skapa förutsättningar för föräldrarna att tillbringa tillräckligt med tid med sina barn.« (party programme ↗)“Family policy must create conditions for parents to spend sufficient time with their children.”
• respect for the family's sphere»Genom lagstiftning ska det offentliga respektera familjens sfär och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Through legislation, the public must respect the family's sphere and rights.”
• strengthened voluntary sector»Förebygg brott genom att stärka föreningslivet samt inrättande av mentorskapsprogram och nationellt avhopparprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime by strengthening the voluntary sector as well as establishing mentorship programmes and a national exit programme.”

The plan's welfare principle is that commitment should not constantly be expanded and that the core mandate should not be eroded by new commitments. The counter-proposal's demand for gradually expanded right to free time centres for all pupils regardless of parents' employment is exactly such an expansion and moreover weakens the work principle's link between work and need for care. The plan shares the demand for homework help, however, but that does not determine the vote.

• no constant expansion of welfaredecisive»Ett långsiktigt hot mot den svenska välfärden är föreställningen om att den befinner sig i ett ständigt pågående skede« (party programme ↗)“A long-term threat to Swedish welfare is the notion that it is in a constantly ongoing stage”
• welfare's core mandate first»utsträckts långt utanför välfärdens grundläggande uppdrag« (party programme ↗)“extended far beyond welfare's fundamental mission”
• the work principle»vi ska återupprätta arbetslinjen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we shall restore the work principle”
• homework help from primary school»Göra det obligatoriskt för kommuner att erbjuda läxhjälp från lågstadiet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it compulsory for municipalities to offer homework help from primary school”

The plan does not address the right to after-school care. Its nearest principles are that family choice should be protected and that clear results should be demanded for every public investment, with public appropriations concentrated to the core of welfare. A gradually expanded right to after-school care for all students regardless of parents' employment is a general expansion that the plan neither demands nor motivates. The conclusion is derived and uncertain.

• family choicedecisive»Sverigedemokraterna värnar valfriheten för varje familj.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats protect family choice.”
• results requirement on investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• knowledge-focused school»Sverigedemokraterna vill återupprätta en kunskapsfokuserad skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to re-establish a knowledge-focused school.”
• maximum limit for child groups»Upprätta en maxgräns för antalet barn per vuxen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a maximum limit on the number of children per adult”