Cultural school

The party programme explicitly demands that cultural school be given statutory support and that a state cultural policy shall guarantee a democratically equitable distribution of resources across the country. The counter-proposal wants the state to take greater responsibility for making cultural school accessible on equal terms throughout the country, which is the same commitment. The programme furthermore states that culture is a public responsibility area like school.

• statutory cultural schooldecisive»Kulturskolan ska få lagmässigt stöd och bibliotekslagen ska skärpas« (party programme ↗)“Cultural school shall receive statutory support and the library act shall be sharpened”
• state equity guarantee»En statlig kulturpolitik ska garantera en demokratiskt likvärdig« (party programme ↗)“A state cultural policy shall guarantee a democratically equitable”
• culture as public responsibility»Lagen ska slå fast att kulturen är ett offentligt ansvarsområde i likhet med skolan, socialtjänsten eller försvaret.« (party programme ↗)“The law shall establish that culture is a public responsibility area like school, social services or defence.”
• depleted culture and sport»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture and sport have also been depleted when school libraries are closed, swimming pools become more expensive and cinemas exist in fewer places.”

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 states that music and cultural education should be strengthened to ensure all children have access to cultural activities, with special investments in resource-poor areas. It also establishes that cultural education should be accessible to all children and that parents' finances should not determine access. The counter-proposal's demand for greater state responsibility for equal access is thus the plan's own line.

• strengthened cultural education for all childrendecisive»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 music and cultural education to ensure all children have access to cultural activities, and implement special investments in resource-poor areas.”
• cultural education accessible to all»ska vara tillgängliga för alla barn« (party programme ↗)“should be accessible to all children”
• finances should not determine access»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, both sports and culture, must increase. Parents' finances should not determine access.”
• culture across the country»konstens olika uttrycksformer tillgängliga för alla, barn och vuxna, i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“different artistic expressions accessible to all, children and adults, across the country”

The election manifesto wishes to strengthen the culture school and establish a culture school law, and the party programme confirms that all children shall be able to engage in culture through some form of culture school regardless of their family's economic circumstances. The state taking greater responsibility for equitable access across the country is precisely what these commitments require, when participation today is driven by parents' education level.

• statutory culture schooldecisive»stärka kulturskolan och inrätta en kulturskolelag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the culture school and establish a culture school law.”
• culture school regardless of family economy»Alla barn ska ha möjlighet att utöva kultur inom någon form av kulturskola oavsett familjens ekonomiska förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“All children shall have the opportunity to engage in culture through some form of culture school regardless of their family's economic circumstances.”
• equitable access to culture»utöva och ta del av kultur på jämlika villkor.« (party programme ↗)“engage in and enjoy culture on equal terms.”
• state responsibility across the country»De statliga kulturinstitutionerna ska ha ett tydligt uppdrag att tillgängliggöra sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions shall have a clear mandate to make their activities accessible 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 makes access to culture throughout the country an explicit starting point and wants state cultural institutions to spread their activities across the country. That participation in culture school is strongly linked to parents' level of education is precisely the injustice that the party programme wants to even out. A greater state responsibility for equitable access therefore follows from the plan, even if implementation according to the plan should occur near people.

• culture throughout the countrydecisive»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet. Kulturen ska vara fri och oberoende, idrotten jämlik och inkluderande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Centre Party. Culture should be free and independent, sports equitable and inclusive.”
• even out injustices in upbringing»När vi stärker möjligheterna för dem som har det sämst lyfter vi hela samhället.« (party programme ↗)“When we strengthen opportunities for those who have the least, we lift the whole society.”
• state responsibility for spreading»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions shall spread their activities throughout the country.”
• equitable access for all children»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and after-school activities accessible to all”

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 wants the quality of cultural school to be secured nationally through a new knowledge center and that Sweden is a model regarding culture for children and young people. The public shall at all levels increase the accessibility of culture, and the plan prefers to shift financing responsibility to the state rather than accept that conditions be determined by place of residence. Greater state responsibility for an equal cultural school therefore follows from the plan.

• national responsibility for cultural schooldecisive»kvaliteten i kulturskolan ska säkras genom skapandet av ett nationellt« (party programme ↗)“the quality of cultural school shall be secured through the creation of a national”
• increased cultural accessibility»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet« (party programme ↗)“The public shall at all levels promote the diversity of cultural expression, increase the accessibility of culture”
• culture for children and young people»Sverige ska vara ett föredöme på området kultur av och för barn och ungdomar.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a model in the area of culture by and for children and young people.”
• state financing responsibility»Vi vill skapa mer likvärdiga villkor och skatter genom att flytta finansieringsansvaret för bland annat skolan och LSS till staten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to create more equal conditions and taxes by transferring financing responsibility for, among other things, school and LSS to the state.”

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 places on the state the responsibility for a cultural infrastructure throughout the country and sets as an aim that all Sweden shall prosper, while the election manifesto prioritizes society's youngest. The counter-proposal's requirement for greater state responsibility for an equitable culture school follows from these commitments when participation today depends on parents' educational level and supply varies between municipalities. The subsidiarity principle, however, calls for restraint in detailed control of municipalities.

• state cultural infrastructuredecisive»en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“a cultural infrastructure, throughout the country.”
• prioritize children and young people»Vi prioriterar samhällets äldsta och yngsta, dem som inte längre orkar höja sin röst eller ännu inte lärt sig att använda den.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We prioritize society's oldest and youngest, those who no longer have the strength to raise their voice or have not yet learned to use it.”
• the whole country shall function»Målet är att hela Sverige ska leva« (party programme ↗)“The aim is that all Sweden shall prosper”
• subsidiarity in cultural decisions»Rätt makt på rätt plats« (party programme ↗)“Right power in the right place”

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 contains no commitment to expanded state responsibility for cultural schooling and instead asserts that policy must prioritize and reject when the legal system, defense and welfare require large resources. The documents also want decisions to be made as close to citizens as possible, which speaks against moving responsibility for cultural schooling upward to the state. Greater state engagement is of the kind that according to the plan weakens society.

• decisions close to citizensdecisive»Beslut ska fattas på lägsta möjliga nivå, så nära medborgarna som möjligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decisions should be made at the lowest possible level, as close to citizens as possible.”
• politics must prioritize»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and reject,”
• core mission comes first»De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Large needs within the legal system, defense and welfare place major demands on prioritization in the years to come.”
• limited state engagement»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”

The party programme establishes that municipal self-determination must constantly be balanced against the principle that all citizens have the right to equivalent welfare and public services, and advocates state stewardship of schools precisely to guarantee equivalence. The counter-proposal's demand for greater state responsibility for an equitable culture school throughout the country follows from that principle. The plan also wants everyone to have access to leisure activities regardless of background.

• equivalent welfare throughout the countrydecisive»Vi betraktar det kommunala självbestämmandet som en central del av demokratin, men inser samtidigt att kommunernas naturliga intresse av att söka egna lösningar och göra egna prioriteringar ständigt måste balanseras mot principen om att alla svenska medborgare skall ha rätt till en likvärdig välfärd och samhällsservice.« (party programme ↗)“We regard municipal self-determination as a central part of democracy, but simultaneously recognize that municipalities' natural interest in seeking their own solutions and making their own priorities must constantly be balanced against the principle that all Swedish citizens shall have the right to equivalent welfare and public services.”
• state responsibility for equivalence»Samtidigt som Sverigedemokraterna förespråkar att staten återtar huvudmannaskapet för skolan, framförallt för att garantera en jämbördig skolgång för våra elever« (party programme ↗)“While Sweden Democrats advocate that the state reclaims stewardship of schools, above all to guarantee an equitable school experience for our pupils”
• all of Sweden shall thrive»Principen om att hela Sverige skall leva är mycket viktig för Sverigedemokraterna.« (party programme ↗)“The principle that all of Sweden shall thrive is very important to Sweden Democrats.”
• equitable access to leisure activities»Ge alla tillgång till idrott oavsett kön, ålder eller kulturell bakgrund« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give everyone access to sports regardless of gender, age or cultural background”

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.