Introducing the public-access principle in the school system, with relief rules for smaller providers
What's at stake: The decision determines whether the public-access principle should apply equally to all independent schools and other private providers, or whether smaller providers with limited administrative resources should face lighter requirements, which affects public insight into how tax-funded education is run.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether parliament should adopt the government's bill introducing the public-access principle for all independent school providers, with special relief rules for smaller providers, or instead reject the parts of the bill that allow such relief, so that the principle applies fully without exception.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's proposal to introduce the public-access principle for all school providers while giving relief to smaller independent providers, since without it they risk being unable to meet the new requirements for handling and disclosing official documents. The committee considers the balance between transparency and smaller providers' circumstances to be reasonable and endorses the bill in full.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V, MP)
The reservation welcomes the fact that the public-access principle is finally being introduced in independent schools but wants no relief rules at all, arguing that the principle is central to democracy and should apply to all schools without exception. It proposes that parliament reject the parts of the bill that allow relief for smaller independent providers.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
–
No 0/21/0/0
S
–
Yes 106/0/0/0
MPown reservation
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No 0/18/0/0
C
–
Yes 24/0/0/0
L
–
Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
–
Yes 19/0/0/0
M
–
Yes 65/0/0/1
SD
–
Yes 69/0/0/1
Committee proposal
The Riksdag adopts the government's proposal for
1. act amending the Public Access and Secrecy Act (2009:400),
2. act amending the Archives Act (1990:782),
3. act amending the School Act (2010:800) with the amendment that the words "and 13" in the preamble in the expression "paragraph 3 and 13" shall be deleted,
4. act amending the Act (2017:151) on whistleblower protection in certain private operations,
5. act amending the Act (2021:443) amending the Public Access and Secrecy Act (2009:400).
Thereby the Riksdag approves Parliament Bill 2025/26:191 paragraphs 1-5 and rejects motion
2025/26:3996 by Isabell Mixter et al. (V) demands 1 and 2.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om ändring i offentlighets- och sekretesslagen (2009:400),
2. lag om ändring i arkivlagen (1990:782),
3. lag om ändring i skollagen (2010:800) med den ändringen att orden ”och 13” i ingressen i uttrycket ”punkt 3 och 13” ska utgå,
4. lag om ändring i lagen (2017:151) om meddelarskydd i vissa enskilda verksamheter,
5. lag om ändring i lagen (2021:443) om ändring i offentlighets- och sekretesslagen (2009:400).
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2025/26:191 punkterna 1-5 och avslår motion
2025/26:3996 av Isabell Mixter m.fl. (V) yrkandena 1 och 2.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal to introduce the public access principle for private preschools, private schools and private after-school centers.
The proposal aims to ensure that the opportunity for transparency is the same for all principals within the education system and means in essence the following:
The right to access public records shall apply to legal entities that are private principals within the education system.
Such principals shall be equated with public authorities when applying the Public Access and Secrecy Act, and certain confidentiality provisions that apply to such principals are adapted so that confidentiality does not hinder access to information about the education system.
Smaller principals shall be permitted to apply rules that provide certain exemptions in the handling of public records. This shall apply to principals who have at most 450 children and pupils or, if they only have private preschools, at most 100 children, or are part of a group where the group companies together have so many children or pupils.
What applies according to the Archives Act for municipal authorities' archives shall apply to affected private principals, with the exception for smaller principals who shall preserve public records for at least seven years as a main rule.
During the first two years after implementation, all legal entities that are private principals within the education system shall be permitted to apply exemption rules.
The new rules enter into force on 1 January 2027.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the public disclosure principle to apply to all schools without exceptions. (V, MP) — Reservation 1
Motion 2025/26:3996 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:191 Offentlighetsprincipen med lättnadsregler för enskilda mindre huvudmän i skolväsendet av Isabell Mixter m.fl. (V)
Motion 2025/26:4024 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:191 Offentlighetsprincipen med lättnadsregler för enskilda mindre huvudmän i skolväsendet av Anders Ygeman m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:4049 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:191 Offentlighetsprincipen med lättnadsregler för enskilda mindre huvudmän i skolväsendet av Camilla Hansén m.fl. (MP)
Proposition 2025/26:191 — Offentlighetsprincipen med lättnadsregler för enskilda mindre huvudmän i skolväsendet