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The plan sees culture as part of welfare that should be available to all and regrets that culture has been impoverished when fees have risen and activities have closed. It also wants to give children and young people municipally supported leisure activities and invest in the entire education system. A review of investment in more culture school teachers, so that waiting lists and fees do not exclude children, is in line with this.

• counter cultural impoverishmentdecisive»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture and sport too have been impoverished when library services are closed, public swimming pools have become more expensive and cinemas exist in fewer places.”
• supported leisure activities for children»Ge barn och ungdomar möjligheter till kommunalt stödda fritidsaktiviteter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give children and young people opportunities for municipally supported leisure activities”
• culture for all»Kultur som konst, musik och film bidrar till att skapa ett rikare samhälle att leva i för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture as art, music and film contributes to creating a richer society to live in for all.”
• investment in the education system»Vänsterpartiet vill satsa på hela utbildningssystemet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to invest in the entire education system.”

The plan commits to strengthening school of culture so that all children gain access to cultural activities regardless of their parents' means, and that educational provision shall be directed towards existing personnel needs. A review of investment in more culture school pedagogues is precisely one way to fulfil both these commitments. The plan's direction thus speaks for the counter-proposal's requirement.

• strengthened school of culturedecisive»Vi vill stärka kulturskolan för att säkra alla barns möjligheter till kulturella aktiviteter, och genomföra särskilda satsningar i resurssvaga områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen school of culture to ensure all children's access to cultural activities, and implement special initiatives in resource-poor areas.”
• school of culture throughout the country»Kulturskola i hela Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“School of culture throughout Sweden.”
• education according to personnel needs»Det ska finns en starkare koppling mellan de utbildningar som erbjuds och de behov av personal som finns i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There shall be a stronger connection between the education offered and the personnel needs that exist in society.”
• reasonable fees for children's leisure»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable cost, for both sports and culture, needs to increase.”

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 promises to strengthen culture school and introduce a culture school law, and that all children regardless of background and residence shall be able to practise culture. A review of the investment in more trained culture school educators is a direct means for that commitment, because queues and educator shortage are precisely what prevents access. The plan does not mention the review as such, therefore the position is derived from the commitment to a strengthened culture school.

• strengthened culture schooldecisive»stärka kulturskolan och inrätta en kulturskolelag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen culture school and establish a culture school law.”
• culture school across the country»Du ska kunna gå på konsert, utställning, lära dig dansa eller spela ett instrument på kulturskolan, oavsett var du bor i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“You shall be able to go to a concert, exhibition, learn to dance or play an instrument at culture school, regardless of where you live in Sweden.”
• equal access to culture»Alla barn och ungdomar, oavsett socioekonomisk bakgrund eller var i landet man bor, ska kunna utöva kultur och genom skolan garanteras kulturupplevelser.« (party programme ↗)“All children and young people, regardless of socioeconomic background or where in the country one lives, shall be able to practise culture and through school be guaranteed cultural experiences.”
• trained staff for children's culture»satsa på barns kultur i skolan, med utbildad personal på alla skolbibliotek och estetiska ämnen i alla gymnasieprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in children's culture in school, with trained staff in all school libraries and aesthetic subjects in all upper secondary programmes.”

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 Centre Party wants to provide culture throughout the country and means that the education system to a much greater extent should be based on labour market needs. A review of investment in more culture school teachers, which has had smaller scope than planned, follows from both these commitments. The plan, however, does not address the culture school directly, which is why the conclusion is derived.

• education matching needsdecisive»Utbildningssystemet behöver i betydligt större utsträckning utgå från arbetsmarknadens behov.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The education system needs to a much greater extent be based on labour market needs.”
• culture throughout the country»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Centre Party.”
• access to culture for all»en chans att få tillgång till kulturvärden och skapande« (party programme ↗)“a chance to gain access to cultural values and creativity”

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 wants quality in cultural school to be secured and culture to take greater place in school, which presupposes that trained cultural school educators exist. The counter-proposal's requirement for a review of the initiative that is to train more such educators therefore follows from the plan's commitment. The plan also wants to expand the education programmes that hold the highest quality and increase access to culture.

• quality in cultural schooldecisive»kvaliteten i kulturskolan ska säkras genom skapandet av ett nationellt kunskapscentrum« (party programme ↗)“quality in cultural school shall be secured through the creation of a national centre of knowledge”
• expand quality education»Vi vill öka den lärarledda undervisningen, skärpa utvärderingen och bygga ut de utbildningar och lärosäten som håller högst kvalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to increase teacher-led teaching, sharpen evaluation and expand the education programmes and institutions that hold the highest quality.”
• increased access to culture»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet för hela befolkningen« (party programme ↗)“The public shall at all levels favour the diversity of cultural expression, increase access to culture for the entire population”

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 requires the public sector to actively contribute to culture reaching citizens and to primarily direct support toward children and youth activities with equivalent conditions for recreational activities. A review of the investment in more culture school teachers is in line with this, because teacher shortages and queues prevent children from participating. Culture school is not mentioned in the documents, so the conclusion is derived.

• culture shall reach citizensdecisive»inte bara garantera kulturell frihet, utan också aktivt bidra till att kulturen« (party programme ↗)“not only guarantee cultural freedom, but also actively contribute to culture”
• equivalent access to recreational activities»pojkar ges likvärdiga förutsättningar för fritidsaktiviteter« (party programme ↗)“boys are given equivalent conditions for recreational activities”
• support for children's recreation»fritidsaktiviteter ska uppmuntras och stödjas« (party programme ↗)“recreational activities shall be encouraged and supported”

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 addresses neither music school nor the training of music school teachers. The closest governing principle is that policy must prioritize and eliminate, and that the supply of expertise should be guided by national coordination over society's overall need for places of education rather than by targeted investments in a single area. Based on that principle, the plan does not support the counter-proposal's demand for a special review of precisely this investment.

• prioritize the state's core tasksdecisive»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritize and eliminate”
• national coordination of places of education»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Put in place a national coordination over society's needs for the number of places of education to improve the supply of expertise”
• quality drives higher education»Kvalitet och internationell konkurrenskraft ska vara styrande för den högre utbildningen.« (party programme ↗)“Quality and international competitiveness shall be guiding for higher education.”

The plan does not directly address the school for culture, but requires that education is dimensioned according to actual needs and that each public investment shall produce clear results. An investment that has received less scope than planned is thereby reasonable to review. That Swedish culture shall reach all of Sweden also speaks for addressing the shortage of culture school educators. The material is however weak and the conclusion derived.

• behovsstyrd utbildningdecisive»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educate according to existing labor market needs”
• uppföljning av satsningar»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for each public investment”
• kultur i hela landet»Politiken bör utformas för att den svenska kulturen ska nå hela Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy should be designed so that Swedish culture reaches all of Sweden.”

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.