Documentation requirements for removal from classroom and detention

The plan's crucial commitment is that pupils shall meet early interventions and expanded student health services, which presupposes that repeated disciplinary measures are visible and can be followed up. Retaining the documentation requirement is therefore what lies closest to the plan, since documentation is the basis for detecting support needs. The plan certainly criticizes unnecessary administration in welfare, which speaks for the committee's reasons about administrative burden, but that criticism is directed at control systems, not at pupils' right to support.

• early interventions for childrendecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill se fler lärare, tidigare insatser för barn som har det kämpigt och förbättrad tillgång till lärande genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see more teachers, earlier interventions for children who are struggling and improved access to learning throughout life.”
• strengthened student health»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investment is needed not only in teaching but also in student health services, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”
• right to support with disability»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way, you as someone living with a disability should be able to rely on getting the support you need, and on your right to participate in society in the way you want not constantly being questioned and made difficult.”
• resources rather than bureaucracy»Det är resurser som främst behövs, inte formulär för kvalitetssäkring, nya bokningssystem för sjukhussängar eller ännu en managementkonsult som inte kan något om verksamheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is resources that are mainly needed, not forms for quality assurance, new booking systems for hospital beds or yet another management consultant who knows nothing about the operations.”

The election manifesto's guiding commitment in this area is that teachers and other staff shall immediately be able to intervene in disorder and unrest, and the plan turns against more bureaucracy in welfare. That speaks against keeping the documentation requirement for expulsion and detention. The plan's requirement that all pupils regardless of disability shall reach the goals points the other way but does not outweigh it.

• immediate intervention in disorderdecisive»Lärare och annan personal i skolan ska omedelbart kunna ingripa vid stök och oro.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Teachers and other staff in school shall immediately be able to intervene in disorder and unrest.”
• less bureaucracy»Villkor ska ställas så att pengarna till välfärden verkligen går till dess medarbetare – inte mer byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conditions shall be set so that welfare money really goes to its employees – not more bureaucracy.”
• study calm in school»Studiero och trygghet i skolorna.« (party programme ↗)“Study calm and safety in schools.”
• support for pupils with disabilities»Möjlighet för alla barn oavsett funktionsnedsättning att nå målen för sin utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“Opportunity for all children regardless of disability to reach the goals for their education.”

The plan's decisive commitment is strengthened student health and support and that students with neuropsychiatric disabilities shall receive support according to their conditions. Documentation of suspension and staying behind is the evidence that enables student health services to get early signals and that support needs can be identified, which the counter-proposal builds on. The plan also wants to give teachers time and confidence, but this weighs less than students' right to support.

• strengthened student healthdecisive»förstärka elevhälsan och satsa på fler skolsköterskor, specialpedagoger, psykologer och kuratorer i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen student health and invest in more school nurses, special needs teachers, psychologists and school counsellors in schools.”
• support according to conditions»Elever ska ges inflytande över sitt eget lärande, och de med särbegåvning eller neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar ska utmanas och få stöd utifrån sina förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Students shall be given influence over their own learning, and those with special gifts or neuropsychiatric disabilities shall be challenged and receive support according to their conditions.”
• safe school»Skolan ska vara en trygg plats som aktivt förebygger psykisk ohälsa och motverkar mobbning.« (party programme ↗)“School shall be a safe place that actively prevents mental ill-health and counteracts bullying.”
• trust-based school»Vi vill se en tillitsstyrd skola där lärare, rektorer och elevhälsa ges förtroende och tid att göra sitt jobb och se varje elev.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a trust-based school where teachers, principals and student health are given confidence and time to do their job and see each student.”

The plan does not take a position on documentation requirements at disciplinary measures. The closest commitment is that all students shall receive proper support and that better student health is a prerequisite for a secure school, and that the public shall guarantee high-quality education. According to the counter-proposal, the documentation is precisely the basis that makes support needs discovered, which speaks for the requirement being retained.

• proper support for all studentsdecisive»Det vill vi åstadkomma med bättre stöd och fortbildning för lärare och rektorer, och rätt stöd till alla elever.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to achieve this with better support and further training for teachers and principals, and proper support for all students.”
• strengthened student health»En bättre elevhälsa är en förutsättning för det.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Better student health is a prerequisite for that.”
• quality guarantee in education»Det offentliga ska garantera att utbildningen lever upp till höga krav på kvalitet« (party programme ↗)“The public shall guarantee that education lives up to high quality standards”
• see each student's needs»Skolan måste se varje elevs möjligheter och utmaningar att nå sina mål.« (party programme ↗)“School must see each student's opportunities and challenges to reach their goals.”

The plan wants to increase teachers' authority to act against pupils who disrupt and at the same time ease the teachers' administrative burden. A retained documentation requirement for exclusion and detention increases the administrative burden and risks making the authority unusable, which goes against the plan's commitment. The counter-proposal's demand for retained documentation requirement thus receives no support in the plan.

• increased teacher authoritydecisive»Vi vill ge lärare ökad rätt att agera mot elever som förstör för klasskompisar och sig själv och tydliggöra i skollaget att det är läraren – inte eleverna – som ska bestämma över undervisningens upplägg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to give teachers increased authority to act against pupils who ruin things for classmates and themselves and clarify in the School Act that it is the teacher – not the pupils – who shall determine how teaching is arranged.”
• teacher's authority in law»Det ska tydligt framgå i skollagen att läraren bestämmer hur undervisningen läggs upp, och lagen ska slå fast lärarens befogenheter för att upprätthålla studiero i klassrummet.« (party programme ↗)“It shall be clear in the School Act that the teacher determines how teaching is arranged, and the law shall establish the teacher's authority to maintain study peace in the classroom.”
• relieved teachers»Lärare ska avlastas för att kunna vara just lärare, kunna göra karriär, få betald fortbildning och få ordentligt bra betalt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Teachers shall be relieved so they can be teachers, be able to pursue a career, get paid professional development and get proper good pay.”
• immediate action on disruption»Om en elev stör undervisningen eller har ogiltig frånvaro ska skolan direkt vidta åtgärder.« (party programme ↗)“If a pupil disrupts teaching or has invalid absence, school shall immediately take action.”

The plan's clearest commitment on order issues in schools is that the working environment should be permeated by safety, work peace and good order, and it generally wants to counter bureaucracy and complicated rules. A documentation requirement that makes teachers refrain from using the measures counters that. The plan's commitments to student health and support point in the other direction but are about support measures, not about formal requirements.

• work peace and good orderdecisive»Det är viktigt att skolans arbetsmiljö genomsyras av trygghet, arbetsro och god ordning.« (party programme ↗)“It is important that the school's working environment is permeated by safety, work peace and good order.”
• against unnecessary administration»Byråkrati och krångliga regler ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Bureaucracy and complicated rules shall be countered.”
• strengthened student health»Kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård och föräldrastödsprogram som erbjuds alla föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly strengthened student health with a unified child and youth health service and parental support programs offered to all parents.”
• student's right to support»Skolan har ett ansvar för att eleverna får det stöd och den stimulans som motsvarar deras behov.« (party programme ↗)“The school has a responsibility that students receive the support and stimulus that corresponds to their needs.”

The plan explicitly promises to reduce teachers' documentation requirements and to strengthen teachers' and rectors' authority to intervene in disruptive situations. The counter-proposal wants to maintain the documentation requirement for exclusion from the teaching premises and detention, that is precisely the administration the plan wants to remove. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demand.

• reduced documentation requirementsdecisive»Minska lärarnas dokumentationskrav« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce teachers' documentation requirements”
• teacher authority»Stärka lärares och rektorers auktoritet att kunna ingripa i stökiga situationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen teachers' and rectors' authority to intervene in disruptive situations”
• order and discipline»Skriva in ordning och studiero i skollagens portalparagraf och införa ordningsomdömen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Write order and discipline into the school law's preamble paragraph and introduce conduct assessments”
• disruption harms weak students»Alla elever drabbas av en stökig skolmiljö, men det är särskilt elever som redan har det svårt som halkar efter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All students suffer from a disruptive school environment, but it is especially students who already have it difficult who fall behind.”

The plan demands that teachers be given increased authority and be relieved administratively, and that strong discipline measures against students who destroy the work environment shall become easier to use. The counter-proposal wants to retain the documentation requirement for removal from the classroom and detention, which is precisely the administrative burden the plan wants to lift from teachers. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's requirements.

• increased teacher authoritydecisive»Ge lärare ökade befogenheter och bättre ställning i sin yrkesroll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give teachers increased authority and better standing in their professional role”
• relief for teachers»Läraryrket ska stärkas med ändamålsenliga pedagogiska verktyg, avlastning och bättre villkor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The teaching profession shall be strengthened with suitable pedagogical tools, relief and better conditions.”
• sharp discipline measures»Nolltolerans ska råda mot hot och våld i skolan och möjligheten att ingripa med skarpa åtgärder mot elever som skapar en dålig arbetsmiljö för andra ska ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Zero tolerance shall prevail against threats and violence in school and the possibility to intervene with sharp measures against students who create a poor work environment for others shall be reviewed.”
• minimum of bureaucracy»minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“minimum of bureaucracy shall permeate all public activities.”