2023-04-262022/23:UbU6 · p.6UbUEducation
Responsibility for safety and study environment in school
The school's responsibility for safety and a calm study environment
What's at stake: The outcome affects how schools and staff can handle threats, violence and disruptive behaviour, and how pupils who are victims of crime in the school environment are protected, and thus concerns both pupils' safety and staff's authority to intervene.
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 the recent changes to the Education Act and ongoing inquiries are enough to strengthen safety and a calm study environment in schools, or whether further measures are needed, such as a stricter duty to report crimes against pupils to the police and a stronger ability to relocate pupils who disrupt others' safety.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee considers that a school environment characterised by safety and calm study conditions is one of the most important prerequisites for pupils to gain knowledge and values. It highlights that recent changes to the Education Act have given staff greater authority to physically intervene against violence and disruptions and made it easier for head teachers to decide on suspensions, and that the government has tasked the National Agency for Education with producing support and appointed a special investigator on security in schools. The committee therefore rejects the motions calling for further tightening.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 8 (C)
The reservation (C) wants to tighten schools' obligations regarding pupils who seriously disrupt the safety or calm study environment of others, including a stronger ability to relocate such pupils, and wants Swedish schools - as in the United Kingdom and Finland - to be required to report suspicions to the police when a child has been the victim of a sexual offence or a crime against life or health in the school environment, arguing that many young crime victims are victimised precisely in the school setting and that schools should not be a safe haven for crime.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 8 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna, MModeraterna, SSocialdemokraterna, SDSverigedemokraterna
Ja 278–21Nej 50–249
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Yes | Yes 21/0/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | Yes 92/0/0/15 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| MP | No | Yes 14/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 15/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: high | derived |
| M | No | Yes 58/0/0/10 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| SD | No | Yes 64/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions 2022/23:381 by Anna Wallentheim (S) motion 5, 2022/23:864 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C) motions 15 and 16, 2022/23:1736 by Christian Carlsson (KD) motion 1 and 2022/23:2005 by Johanna Rantsi and Sten Bergheden (both M) motions 1 and 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2022/23:381 av Anna Wallentheim (S) yrkande 5, 2022/23:864 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C) yrkandena 15 och 16, 2022/23:1736 av Christian Carlsson (KD) yrkande 1 och 2022/23:2005 av Johanna Rantsi och Sten Bergheden (båda M) yrkandena 1 och 3.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected 118 proposals in motions submitted during the general motion period in 2022. The proposals concern, among other things, the school's values, school safety, specific subjects and knowledge areas, assessment and national tests, teaching materials and school libraries, mother tongue and minority languages. Parliament refers to current provisions, ongoing work and measures taken.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to take measures for values education against sexual aggression and harassment from preschool through schooling. (C) — Reservation 8
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan rejects repression and harsher measures as a way forward and instead requires investments in student welfare, special educators and social support, and a compensatory school that provides more support to those who are struggling.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan rejects repression and harsher measures as a way forward and instead requires investments in student welfare, special educators and social support, and a compensatory school that provides more support to those who are struggling. Expanded opportunities to move disruptive students go in the opposite direction and risk pushing out the children the plan wants to reach. The requirement for police reporting of crimes against children, on the other hand, is closer to the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen avvisar repression och hårdare tag som väg framåt och kräver i stället satsningar på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger och socialt stöd samt en kompensatorisk skola som ger mer stöd till den som har det svårt. Utökade möjligheter att flytta störande elever går i motsatt riktning och riskerar att stöta ut de barn planen vill fånga upp. Kravet på polisanmälan av brott mot barn ligger däremot närmare planen.
- student welfare and social supportdecisive»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investments are required not only in teaching but also in student welfare, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”
- 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 harsher measures are raised as solutions instead of seriously addressing the problems.”
- compensatory school»En skola som ger barn lika chanser är också kompensatorisk, det vill säga den förmår ge mer stöd till den som kommer från sämre förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A school that gives children equal opportunities is also compensatory, that is, it provides more support to those who come from worse circumstances.”
- best interests of children first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's policy shall be designed so that the best interests of children come first.”
flags: motförslaget rymmer krav i olika riktningar
The plan requires that disruption in classrooms is stopped and that teachers and other staff immediately shall be able to intervene in disruption and disturbance.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that disruption in classrooms is stopped and that teachers and other staff immediately shall be able to intervene in disruption and disturbance. Tightened duties against students who seriously disturb safety lie in that direction. The plan also requires more cooperation between police, school health services, social services and school, which supports mandatory police reporting on suspicion of crime against children in school.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att stöket i klassrummen stoppas och att lärare och annan personal omedelbart ska kunna ingripa vid stök och oro. Skärpta skyldigheter mot elever som allvarligt stör tryggheten ligger i den linjen. Planen kräver också mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola, vilket stöder obligatorisk polisanmälan vid misstanke om brott mot barn i skolan.
- authority to intervenedecisive»Lärare och annan personal i skolan ska omedelbart kunna ingripa vid stök och oro.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Teachers and other staff in school shall immediately be able to intervene in disruption and disturbance.”
- safety and study peace»Stoppa stöket i klassrummen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop disruption in classrooms.”
- cooperation between school and police»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a need for more cooperation between police, school health services, social services and school.”
- students' right to safe working environment»Studerande, barn lika väl som vuxna, ska ha rätt till trygga arbetsmiljöer och inflytande över det egna arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“Students, children as well as adults, shall have the right to safe working environments and influence over their own work.”
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 requires that the child's legal certainty is strengthened in cases of suspected violence or sexual abuse, which speaks for mandatory police reporting of such crimes in schools, and that bullying and violations are actively countered.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the child's legal certainty is strengthened in cases of suspected violence or sexual abuse, which speaks for mandatory police reporting of such crimes in schools, and that bullying and violations are actively countered. At the same time, the plan is based on support and pupil welfare rather than moving pupils, so support for the counter-proposal is partial and uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att barnets rättstrygghet stärks vid misstankar om våld eller sexuella övergrepp, vilket talar för obligatorisk polisanmälan av sådana brott i skolan, och att mobbning och kränkningar aktivt motarbetas. Samtidigt bygger planen på stöd och elevhälsa snarare än på att flytta elever, så stödet för motförslaget är delvis och osäkert.
- legal certainty when crime is suspecteddecisive»Barnets rättstrygghet måste stärkas om det« (party programme ↗)“The child's legal certainty must be strengthened if it is”
- violations shall be actively countered»mobbning och diskriminering av elever och skolpersonal ska aktivt motarbetas.« (party programme ↗)“bullying and discrimination of pupils and school staff shall be actively countered.”
- security through pupil welfare»förstärka elevhälsan och satsa på fler skolsköterskor, specialpedagoger, psykologer och kuratorer i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen pupil welfare and invest in more school nurses, special educators, psychologists and educational counsellors in schools.”
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 makes order in the classroom and a safe school explicit commitments and promises action against violence towards children.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto makes order in the classroom and a safe school explicit commitments and promises action against violence towards children. Tightened obligations for schools and mandatory police reporting when children are suspected of having suffered crime in school follow from these commitments and from the requirement to strengthen the crime victim perspective. The party programme's unconditional protection of children against violence points in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet gör ordning i klassrummet och en trygg skola till uttalade åtaganden och lovar krafttag mot våld mot barn. Skärpta skyldigheter för skolor och obligatorisk polisanmälan när barn misstänks ha utsatts för brott i skolan följer av dessa åtaganden och av kravet på ett stärkt brottsofferperspektiv. Partiprogrammets villkorslösa skydd för barn mot våld pekar i samma riktning.
- order and security in schooldecisive»Skolan ska förbättras i hela landet, med ordning i klassrummet och skolpolitiken« (2022 manifesto ↗)“School shall be improved throughout the country, with order in the classroom and school policy”
- action against violence towards children»med krafttag mot såväl gängbrottslighet, våld mot barn och mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“with action against both gang crime, violence against children and men's violence against women”
- strengthened crime victim perspective»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas. Den som utsatts för brott ska få upprättelse och bättre stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The perspective of crime victims must be strengthened. Those who have suffered crime shall receive redress and better support.”
- unconditional protection for children»villkorslöst skydd mot våld och förnedring inom och utom hemmet« (party programme ↗)“unconditional protection against violence and degradation within and outside the home”
The election manifesto requires that heads of school more easily be able to relocate students who seriously disrupt activities and that schools' main rule be to always make police reports and welfare alerts in case of suspected criminality.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that heads of school more easily be able to relocate students who seriously disrupt activities and that schools' main rule be to always make police reports and welfare alerts in case of suspected criminality. The counter-proposal's requirement for tightened obligations, expanded possibility to move disruptive students and mandatory police reporting in case of crime in the school setting are precisely these commitments. The party programme also requires that school immediately take action when a student disrupts teaching.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att rektorer enklare ska kunna omplacera elever som allvarligt stör verksamheten och att huvudregeln blir att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet. Motförslagets krav på skärpta skyldigheter, utökad möjlighet att flytta störande elever och obligatorisk polisanmälan vid brott i skolmiljön är precis dessa åtaganden. Partiprogrammet kräver dessutom att skolan direkt vidtar åtgärder när en elev stör undervisningen.
- relocate those who disruptdecisive»Rektorer ska enklare kunna omplacera elever som allvarligt stör verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Heads of school shall more easily be able to relocate students who seriously disrupt activities.”
- mandatory police reporting»huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the main rule be that schools always make police reports and welfare alerts in case of suspected criminality”
- immediate action for disruption»undervisningen eller har ogiltig frånvaro ska skolan direkt vidta åtgärder.« (party programme ↗)“teaching or has unjustified absence should school immediately take action.”
- clear consequences»Elever som kränker, hotar eller slår lärare och klasskamrater ska tillfälligt kunna få sitt studiebidrag indraget« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Students who abuse, threaten or hit teachers and classmates should be able to temporarily have their study allowance cut”
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 requires that the school's working environment is permeated by security, work peace and good order and that violating treatment is forcefully counteracted, which carries sharper obligations towards students who seriously disrupt security.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the school's working environment is permeated by security, work peace and good order and that violating treatment is forcefully counteracted, which carries sharper obligations towards students who seriously disrupt security. That all crimes shall be investigated effectively and without exception speaks for mandatory police reporting of suspected crimes against children in the school environment. The election manifesto's requirement that crimes shall be cleared up and crime victims receive redress points in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skolans arbetsmiljö genomsyras av trygghet, arbetsro och god ordning och att kränkande behandling kraftfullt motverkas, vilket bär skärpta skyldigheter mot elever som allvarligt stör tryggheten. Att alla brott ska beivras effektivt och utan undantag talar för obligatorisk polisanmälan av misstänkta brott mot barn i skolmiljön. Valmanifestets krav på att brott ska klaras upp och brottsoffer få upprättelse pekar i samma riktning.
- security and work peace in schooldecisive»trygghet, arbetsro och god ordning.« (party programme ↗)“security, work peace and good order.”
- all crimes shall be investigated»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception investigated”
- counteract violating treatment»olikheter är förhållningssätt som ska främjas. Mobbning och annan kränkande behandling måste kraftfullt« (party programme ↗)“differences are approaches that shall be promoted. Bullying and other violating treatment must be forcefully”
- redress for crime victims»brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“crime prevention work must be strengthened, offenders sentenced and crime victims receive redress.”
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 strengthen teachers' and heads' authority to intervene in disruptive situations, write order and educational climate into the school act's opening provision and make violence against school staff a new criminal offence.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to strengthen teachers' and heads' authority to intervene in disruptive situations, write order and educational climate into the school act's opening provision and make violence against school staff a new criminal offence. Tightened duties regarding students who harm security and mandatory police reporting of crimes in school environments point in the same direction, as does the plan's requirement that information barriers between school, social services and police be removed. School should not be a crime-free zone.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill stärka lärares och rektorers auktoritet att ingripa i stökiga situationer, skriva in ordning och studiero i skollagens portalparagraf och göra våld mot skolpersonal till en ny brottsrubricering. Skärpta skyldigheter kring elever som förstör tryggheten och obligatorisk polisanmälan av brott i skolmiljön ligger i samma riktning, liksom planens krav på att sekretesshindren mellan skola, socialtjänst och polis rivs. Skolan ska inte vara en frizon för brott.
- strengthened powers in schooldecisive»Stärka lärares och rektorers auktoritet att kunna ingripa i stökiga situationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen teachers' and heads' authority to be able to intervene in disruptive situations”
- order and educational climate in law»Skriva in ordning och studiero i skollagens portalparagraf och införa ordningsomdömen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Write order and educational climate into the school act's opening provision and introduce conduct judgements”
- crime in school shall be punished»Införa våld mot skolpersonal som ny brottsrubricering« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce violence against school staff as a new criminal offence”
- information sharing with police»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all information barriers between social services and police”
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 wants to make schools a safe haven through separate placement of students who commit crimes and establishes that the possibility of intervening with sharp measures against students who disrupt the working environment for others should be reviewed.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to make schools a safe haven through separate placement of students who commit crimes and establishes that the possibility of intervening with sharp measures against students who disrupt the working environment for others should be reviewed. The party programme gives well-behaved students' safety and study peace priority over disruptive students' needs, and zero tolerance for crime includes that crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Stricter obligations, expanded relocation options, and mandatory police reporting thus follow from the plan, which also addresses whether today's authority is sufficient.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill göra skolan till en fristad genom särskild placering av kriminella elever och slår fast att möjligheten att ingripa med skarpa åtgärder mot elever som förstör arbetsmiljön för andra ska ses över. Principprogrammet ger skötsamma elevers trygghet och studiero företräde framför bråkiga elevers behov, och nolltoleransen mot brott omfattar även att brott utreds och lagförs. Skärpta skyldigheter, utökad flyttmöjlighet och obligatorisk polisanmälan följer därmed av planen, som också uttalar sig om huruvida dagens befogenheter räcker.
- placement of criminal studentsdecisive»Skolan ska göras till en fristad genom särskild placering av kriminella elever och nolltolerans mot attribut med gängassociationer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The school shall be made a safe haven through separate placement of criminal students and zero tolerance for gang-associated attributes.”
- zero tolerance in schools»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 of intervening with sharp measures against students who create a poor working environment for others should be reviewed.”
- well-behaved students first»Trygghet och studiero för skötsamma elever måste alltid vara överordnad« (party programme ↗)“Safety and study peace for well-behaved students must always be prioritized”
- all crimes shall be prosecuted»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce zero tolerance for crime so that even less serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:UbU6)
- Committee report full text (HA01UbU6)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
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- Motion 2022/23:1023 — En förskola i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1024 — En grundskola i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1071 — Privatekonomi i alla skolformer av Alexandra Anstrell (M)
- Motion 2022/23:1191 — Ungdomsförbund i skolan av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1209 — Programmering som ett eget obligatoriskt ämne av Beatrice Timgren (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1214 — Åtgärder för de nationella minoriteterna och minoritetsspråken av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1217 — Åtgärder med syfte att stoppa våldskulturen av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1224 — Idrottspolitiska frågor av Vasiliki Tsouplaki m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1226 — Vissa kulturpolitiska frågor av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1258 — Mer kunskap om miljö, hållbarhet och biologisk mångfald i skolan av Camilla Hansén m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1351 — Älvdalska av Sofie Eriksson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1434 — Höjd ambition på fritidshemmen av Louise Thunström och Paula Holmqvist (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1449 — Skolans arbete mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck av Mattias Jonsson och Adnan Dibrani (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1466 — Lagstiftning om bemannade skolbibliotek av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1474 — Politik för de nationella minoriteterna av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1475 — Konfessionella inslag i skolan av Petter Löberg (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1561 — Undervisning om folkmordet seyfo av Ingela Nylund Watz och Denis Begic (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1575 — Skolavslutning och firanden av högtider med konfessionella inslag i kyrkolokaler av Ingemar Kihlström (KD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament