Protecting Student Influence

The plan explicitly establishes that students shall have the right to influence over their education throughout the education system, and expresses strong confidence in young people's ability to make independent decisions. It also warns against repression being raised as a solution instead of taking problems seriously. The counter-proposal's requirement that students' influence over disciplinary rules be safeguarded is therefore directly supported.

• students' right to influencedecisive»rätt till inflytande över sin utbildning genom hela utbildningssystemet.« (party programme ↗)“right to influence over their education throughout the education system.”
• confidence in young people's decision-making»Vi har ett starkt förtroende för unga människors förmåga att fatta« (party programme ↗)“We have strong confidence in young people's ability to make”
• repression does not solve problems»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Too often repression and a tougher approach are raised as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”

The election manifesto is explicit that disruption in the classrooms shall be stopped and that teachers and other staff shall immediately be able to intervene in disruption and unrest, and the party programme sets peace and security as goals. The counter-proposal instead wants to protect students' say in the rules of conduct against precisely expanded powers for principals and teachers. The plan's heaviest commitment in this area thus weighs against the counter-proposal's demands, even though its democratic view speaks for student participation.

• staff shall be able to intervenedecisive»Lärare och annan personal i skolan ska omedelbart kunna ingripa vid stök och oro.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Teachers and other staff in schools shall immediately be able to intervene in disruption and unrest.”
• peace and security»Studiero och trygghet i skolorna.« (party programme ↗)“Peace and security in schools.”
• stop for disruption»Stoppa stöket i klassrummen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop disruption in the classrooms.”
• democratic ideals throughout society»Socialdemokratin menar att demokratins ideal ska genomsyra hela samhället i mer än bara det« (party programme ↗)“Social Democracy means that democratic ideals shall permeate the whole society more than just the”

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.

The party programme requires that students be given influence over their own learning and that children be seen as active co-creators of society, not as passive recipients. The counter-proposal's demand that students' influence and co-determination be protected when disciplinary rules are reformed follows directly from that principle and from the programme's participatory democratic stance. School disciplinary rules are not explicitly mentioned, which is why it is a derived conclusion.

• student influencedecisive»Elever ska ges inflytande över sitt eget lärande, och de« (party programme ↗)“Students shall be given influence over their own learning, and they”
• children as co-creators»Barn är aktiva medskapare av samhället och ska inte ses som passiva mottagare av det« (party programme ↗)“Children are active co-creators of society and should not be seen as passive recipients of it”
• participatory democracy»Alla ska känna att de kan vara med och påverka.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone should feel that they can participate and have influence.”
• trust-based school»Vi vill se en tillitsstyrd skola där lärare, rektorer och elevhälsa ges förtroende och tid att« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a trust-based school where teachers, principals and student health are given confidence and time to”

The party programme says that students should get increased responsibility and influence in school and that user influence should increase for those attending school. This speaks for preserving students' participation in determining order regulations when the regulatory framework is reformed. The election manifesto meanwhile emphasizes order in the classroom, but it does not override the commitment to student influence. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.

• student influence in schooldecisive»föräldrarna och eleverna bör få ett ökat ansvar och inflytande i skolan« (party programme ↗)“parents and students should get increased responsibility and influence in school”
• increased user influence»öka brukarinflytandet så att de som går i skolan« (party programme ↗)“increase user influence so that those attending school”
• order in the classroom»Skolan ska förbättras i hela landet, med ordning i klassrummet och skolpolitiken« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The school shall be improved nationwide, with order in the classroom and school policy”

The plan's decisive commitment is that it is the teacher, not the students, who shall decide in the classroom and over the teaching arrangement, and that the teacher's authority to maintain study order shall be established in law. The plan also wants to make it easier for rectors to relocate students who disrupt. The counter-proposal's requirement that students' influence over disciplinary rules is protected thus goes against the plan.

• teacher decides in classroomdecisive»Det är läraren som ska bestämma i klassrummet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is the teacher who shall decide in the classroom.”
• teacher's authority in law»lagen ska slå fast lärarens befogenheter för att upprätthålla studiero i klassrummet« (party programme ↗)“the law shall establish the teacher's authority to maintain study order in the classroom”
• rector's relocation authority»Rektorer ska enklare kunna omplacera elever som allvarligt stör verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Rectors shall more easily be able to relocate students who seriously disrupt operations.”
• increased teacher authority»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 right to act against students who destroy for classmates and themselves and clarify in the school law that it is the teacher – not students – who shall decide over the teaching arrangement.”

The plan explicitly states that students must be given the opportunity to influence their study situation and that school must be a democratic environment that allows different opinions and shows how disagreement can be handled. Young people's views must moreover be considered in decisions concerning them. This speaks for protecting students' influence over the rules of conduct, even though the plan at the same time requires security, order and good discipline.

• students' and parents' influencedecisive»påverka sin studiesituation och att föräldrarna involveras i sina barns skolgång.« (party programme ↗)“influence their study situation and that parents are involved in their children's schooling.”
• school as a democratic environment»demokratisk miljö som tillåter olika åsikter och visar hur oenighet kan hanteras« (party programme ↗)“democratic environment that allows different opinions and shows how disagreement can be handled”
• listen to young people in decisions»måste man lyssna på och beakta ungdomars synpunkter när beslut« (party programme ↗)“must one listen to and consider young people's views when decisions”
• order and discipline»genomsyras av trygghet, arbetsro och god ordning« (party programme ↗)“permeated by security, order and good discipline”

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.

The plan's line is opposite to the counter-proposal's: teachers' and principals' authority shall be strengthened and order and conduct shall be written into the Schools Act's preamble together with conduct grades. Protecting students' involvement in determining conduct rules would counteract precisely the shift in authority to adults that the plan requires. Conduct is highlighted as the prerequisite for learning.

• strengthened adult authoritydecisive»• Stärka lärares och rektorers auktoritet att kunna ingripa i stökiga situationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen teachers' and principals' authority to be able to intervene in disruptive situations”
• order and conduct in law»• Skriva in ordning och studiero i skollagens portalparagraf och införa ordningsomdömen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Write order and conduct into the Schools Act's preamble and introduce conduct grades”
• conduct as a prerequisite»Studiero är en förutsättning för lärande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct is a prerequisite for learning.”

The election manifesto's decisive commitment is that teachers shall be given increased authority and that strict measures shall be able to be directed against pupils who disrupt the working environment; a pedagogy based on student responsibility is explicitly identified as harmful. The counter-proposal's requirement that pupils' influence over conduct rules be protected goes against that line. The party programme's positive view of student participation pulls in the other direction, but the election manifesto carries the most weight.

• teachers' authority firstdecisive»Ge lärare ökade befogenheter och bättre ställning i sin yrkesroll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give teachers increased authority and a better position in their professional role”
• rejects student-responsibility pedagogy»En pedagogik som präglas av flum, normkritik och elevansvar får svårast följder för de som istället behöver lära sig om normer och tillhandahållas tydlig struktur och kunskap i skolan, som de inte får från annat håll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A pedagogy characterized by looseness, norm criticism and student responsibility has the worst consequences for those who instead need to learn about norms and be provided clear structure and knowledge in school, which they do not get from other sources.”
• strict conduct 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 apply to threats and violence in schools and the possibility to intervene with strict measures against pupils who create a poor working environment for others shall be reviewed.”
• pupil participation»Sverigedemokraterna är positiva till att eleverna ges möjlighet till medbestämmande« (party programme ↗)“Sweden Democrats are positive to pupils being given the opportunity for participation”