Supervision and control

The plan requires a total ban on profit-driven activities in welfare and points out the free draw on tax funds for education as a system error. The counter-proposal's demands for ownership and management review and tightened municipal oversight of private education providers pull in the same direction, especially as the plan finds that privatizations have opened the door for criminals to line their pockets with tax funds. The plan also wants to see greater public scrutiny of companies to combat fraud.

• ban on profits in welfaredecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill införa ett totalförbud mot alla vinstdrivande verksamhetsformer inom välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to introduce a total ban on all profit-driven activities within welfare.”
• privatization opens the door to crime»Privatiseringarna av välfärden öppnar upp för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Privatizations of welfare open up for criminals to line their pockets with tax funds.”
• stop free draw»Sverige är extremt. Som enda land i världen råder det fri dragningsrätt på de skattemedel som ska gå till våra barns utbildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden is extreme. As the only country in the world there is a free draw on tax funds that shall go to our children's education.”
• increased scrutiny of companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater public scrutiny”

The election manifesto's central commitment is to take back democratic control over welfare and over which private actors get to run tax-financed education. The party programme demands public oversight of establishments in welfare and that systems leading to lack of control and leakage of tax funds be abolished. Ownership and management review and tightened municipal supervision of contract providers is exactly such a control tool, and the plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demands.

• control over educational actorsdecisive»Vi vill förbjuda vinstuttagen i skolan och ta tillbaka kontrollen över var och när fristående skolor etablerar sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to ban profit extraction from schools and take back control over where and when independent schools establish themselves.”
• public oversight of welfare»Offentlig rådighet över etableringar och verksamhet i välfärden.« (party programme ↗)“Public oversight of establishments and activities in welfare.”
• stop leakage of tax funds»Avskaffande av system som leder till bristande kontroll, läckage av skattemedel,« (party programme ↗)“Abolition of systems leading to lack of control, leakage of tax funds,”
• full insight into education»Samhället ska ha full insyn i alla skolor genom offentlighetsprincipen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must have full insight into all schools through the principle of openness.”

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 to put an end to profit-seeking in education and abolish profit-driven joint-stock companies in schools, because market logic is allowed to come before students' best interests. Requirements for ownership and management review and stricter municipal supervision of private education providers is a direct expression of the same commitment. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.

• stop profit-seekingdecisive»sätta stopp för vinstjakten i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“put an end to profit-seeking in schools.”
• no profit-driven companies in schools»Miljöpartiet vill avskaffa vinstdrivande aktiebolag inom skolan och åter sätta kunskap och barns rättigheter i centrum.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants to abolish profit-driven joint-stock companies in schools and again place knowledge and children's rights at the centre.”
• market logic is criticized»Marknadens logik har trängt in i klassrummen - där vinstintressen tillåts gå före barnets bästa.« (party programme ↗)“Market logic has crept into classrooms — where profit interests are allowed to come before the child's best interests.”
• resources shall reach education»Staten ska ansvara för att varje skola har tillräcklig finansiering för att säkra att alla barn får de bästa möjligheterna till lärande och utveckling.« (party programme ↗)“The state shall be responsible for ensuring that each school has sufficient funding to secure that all children get the best opportunities for learning and development.”

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 election manifesto explicitly promises to tighten supervision of schools and their owners and to tighten the approval process for principals, which is precisely what the counter-proposal requires in the form of owner and management review and stronger municipal oversight of contracted education. The plan also links quality requirements to profit distribution, which addresses the counter-proposal's objection to profit withdrawal from school funding. The fact that the requirement applies to adult education rather than school in general makes the application derived but not doubtful.

• tightened oversight of school ownersdecisive»Vi vill bland annat se höga kvalitetskrav för fortsatt verksamhet och vinstutdelning, och vi vill skärpa tillsynen av skolor och deras ägare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see, among other things, high quality requirements for continued operations and profit distribution, and we want to tighten supervision of schools and their owners.”
• tightened owner review of principals»Vi vill också skärpa tillståndsprövningen för utländska ägare, se till att skolorna delar mer information och skapa ett mer aktivt skolval för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We also want to tighten the approval process for foreign owners, ensure that schools share more information and create a more active school choice for everyone.”
• strict quality requirements in governance»Styrningen av skolan ska kännetecknas av strikta kvalitetskrav och likvärdighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The governance of school should be characterized by strict quality requirements and equality.”
• public quality responsibility»Det offentliga ska garantera att utbildningen lever upp till höga krav på kvalitet« (party programme ↗)“The public sector must guarantee that education meets high quality requirements”

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 to stop education providers where short-term profits come before knowledge and phase out profit interest from schools, and it demands that education that does not meet quality requirements is closed. Stricter ownership and management review and tighter control of providers on contract are tools for precisely this. An objection is that the plan wants to place supervision in state hands based on national quality standards rather than with municipalities.

• stop profit-seeking in educationdecisive»Vi vill se en ny friskolereform med en samlad friskolelag som sätter stopp för friskolor där kortsiktiga vinster går före elevernas kunskaper.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see a new independent school reform with a consolidated independent school law that stops independent schools where short-term profits come before students' knowledge.”
• phase out profit interest»Rätten att välja skola ska värnas och utvecklas, samtidigt som vinstintresset behöver fasas ut ur skolväsendet.« (party programme ↗)“The right to choose school shall be cherished and developed, while profit interest needs to be phased out of schools.”
• quality requirements with sanctions»Skolor, såväl kommunala som fristående, som inte klarar kvalitetskraven ska stängas.« (party programme ↗)“Schools, both municipal and independent, that do not meet quality requirements shall be closed.”
• state supervision of quality»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Supervision shall take place in state hands based on nationally established quality standards.”

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 conditions the freedom for independent educational providers on them following the curriculum and meeting quality requirements, and makes evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control an important political task. An owner and management review and strengthened municipal supervision of contracts is such control that the requirements are genuinely met, not a rejection of private providers. The plan simultaneously encourages independent activity, which makes the support cautious.

• freedom conditional on quality requirementsdecisive»Under förutsättning att skolorna har denna utgångspunkt, följer läroplanen och lever upp till kvalitetskrav, ska de ges ett stort mått av frihet att själva utforma undervisningen.« (party programme ↗)“Provided that the schools have this approach, follow the curriculum and meet quality requirements, they shall be given considerable freedom to design their own teaching.”
• quality control as political task»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”
• ethical conduct in the market»En väl fungerande marknadsekonomi förutsätter en effektiv konkurrens, stabila institutioner och etiskt handlande.« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning market economy presupposes effective competition, stable institutions and ethical conduct.”
• independent providers are encouraged»Enskilda eller sammanslutningar av medborgare som bestämmer sig för att driva fristående skolor ska uppmuntras och stödjas av det offentliga.« (party programme ↗)“Individuals or associations of citizens who decide to run independent schools shall be encouraged and supported by the public.”

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 commits to combating unscrupulous operators and fraud in education and to setting high quality requirements for for-profit schools to distribute profits, with withdrawal of approval as the ultimate consequence. Stricter ownership and management review and supervision of private providers of adult education on contract are in substance the same demand. However, the plan's preference for public control makes the municipal arrangement a less natural path.

• combat unscrupulous operatorsdecisive»Därför måste vi också bekämpa oseriösa aktörer och fusk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we must also combat unscrupulous operators and fraud.”
• quality requirements for profit distribution»Se till att skolor som drivs i företagsform lever upp till högt ställda kvalitetskriterier för att få göra vinstutdelning samt dra in tillståndet för skolor som allvarligt brister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that schools operated on a for-profit basis meet high quality criteria to make profit distributions and withdraw approval for schools that seriously fall short”
• zero tolerance for poor quality»Moderaterna har nolltolerans mot dåliga skolor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moderate Party has zero tolerance for poor schools.”
• clearer public control»Öka likvärdigheten genom att införa ett gemensamt kommunalt kösystem och en tydligare statlig styrning av skolpengen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase equality by introducing a common municipal queue system and clearer public control of school funding”

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 to increase requirements on independent providers and expand the supervisory authority's powers and controls, and it wants to be able to stop principals whose activities are inappropriate. It also establishes that fraud and systems that encourage fraud and corruption should be countered. Ownership and management review and tightened municipal supervision of entrepreneurs in adult education are in line with these commitments. Therefore, the plan supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• tightened control of independent providersdecisive»Öka kraven för fristående förskolor samt utöka Skolinspektionens befogenheter och kontroller« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase requirements for independent preschools and expand the School Inspectorate's powers and controls”
• stop inappropriate principals»Införa ett förbud mot segregerande extremistiska friskolor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a ban on segregating extremist independent schools”
• counter fraud-inducing systems»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption should be countered.”
• fraud in welfare should be punished»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for fraud within welfare systems”

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.