2023-02-232022/23:UbU3 · p.5UbUEducation
Study grants during sick leave and for persons with disabilities
Student aid during illness and for students with disabilities
What's at stake: The question determines how secure it is to study for someone who becomes ill or has a disability, and whether students in that situation risk being forced to interrupt their studies or face increased debt due to a prolonged study period.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The vote concerns whether current rules and practice for student aid during illness and for students with disabilities are sufficient, or whether the system needs reform, including a general right to part-time sick leave.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions. Students with disabilities can already apply to CSN for full student aid while studying part-time and for extended time with student aid, as well as for write-off of the extra debt that a prolonged study period can create; this is governed by established practice, and CSN is tasked with providing accessible information about the support available. The rules and practice are considered well balanced. On security during illness, the committee refers to a previous inquiry that proposed increased scope for part-time sick leave for students, and considers that the government's continued processing of those proposals should be awaited.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 7 (S, MP)
The reservation (S, MP) points out that there is currently no general possibility of part-time sick leave within the student aid system, meaning a student who falls ill risks being forced to interrupt their studies despite retaining some capacity to study. It calls on the government to return with proposals based on a previous inquiry: a general right to part-time sick leave with full-time compensation retained, a shorter qualifying period for student loan write-off (from 30 to 14 days), loans being written off only where studies are actually delayed, and coverage extended to students receiving the start-up study grant as well.
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 7 by S, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna
Ja 168–106Ja 156–118
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 | No | Abstain 0/0/20/4 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/14 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/13/0/5 | match | confidence: medium | explicit |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 12/0/0/4 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 59/0/0/9 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/10 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2022/23:82 by Samuel Gonzalez Westling et al. (V) demands 14 and 15, 2022/23:740 by Nicklas Attefjord (MP) and 2022/23:2219 by Åsa Westlund et al. (S) demand 5.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2022/23:82 av Samuel Gonzalez Westling m.fl. (V) yrkandena 14 och 15, 2022/23:740 av Nicklas Attefjord (MP) och 2022/23:2219 av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S) yrkande 5.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said no to approximately thirty proposals in motions from the general motion period 2022 about study support. This with reference to applicable regulations, ongoing work and measures taken. The motions dealt among other things with conditions within the study support system, study grants for conversion and further education, the free amount, study loans during sick leave and for persons with disabilities and cancellation of study loans.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the grant portion of study support to be significantly increased and the overall study support system to be strengthened for students with special needs. (S, MP) — Reservation 7
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 requires a humane sick leave insurance and an end to removing sick people from insurance, and that the person living with disability shall receive the support needed without the right to participate being constantly questioned.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires a humane sick leave insurance and an end to removing sick people from insurance, and that the person living with disability shall receive the support needed without the right to participate being constantly questioned. The study support system is not specifically mentioned in sickness, but the principle that security systems shall support the person who becomes sick leads to support for a general right to partial sick leave and milder termination rules. The demand thus lies in line with the plan's security commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver en mänsklig sjukförsäkring och ett slut på utförsäkrandet av sjuka, och att den som lever med funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd som behövs utan att rätten till deltagande ifrågasätts. Studiestödssystemet nämns inte specifikt vid sjukdom, men principen att trygghetssystemen ska bära den som blir sjuk leder till stöd för en generell rätt till deltidssjukskrivning och mildare avskrivningsregler. Kravet ligger därför i linje med planens trygghetsåtaganden.
- humane sick leave insurancedecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill se en mänsklig sjukförsäkring och ett slut på utförsäkrandet av sjuka« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a humane sick leave insurance and an end to removing sick people from insurance”
- support at disability»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way, you who live with disability should be able to count on receiving the support you need, and on your right to participate in society in the way you want not being constantly questioned and made difficult”
- individual social insurance»Socialförsäkringarna ska vara individuella och ge människor en inkomstrelaterad ersättning vid sjukdom, arbetslöshet, föräldraledighet« (party programme ↗)“Social insurance shall be individual and provide people with income-related compensation in sickness, unemployment, parental leave”
- study support that suffices»Studiemedlen ska höjas« (party programme ↗)“Study allowances shall be raised”
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 upholds the principle that someone too ill to work shall be able to rely on insurance and also wants to implement a billion-euro reform of the waiting-period deduction to reduce injustice in the waiting period.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan upholds the principle that someone too ill to work shall be able to rely on insurance and also wants to implement a billion-euro reform of the waiting-period deduction to reduce injustice in the waiting period. The counter-proposal's requirement for part-time sick leave and shorter waiting period within study support rests on the same principle of economic protection when earning capacity is lost, and strengthens the possibility for students with disabilities to complete their studies.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår vakt om principen att den som är för sjuk för att arbeta ska kunna lita på försäkringen och vill dessutom genomföra en miljardreform av karensavdraget för att minska orättvisan i karensen. Motförslagets krav på deltidssjukskrivning och kortare karens inom studiestödet vilar på samma princip om ekonomiskt skydd när förmågan faller bort, och stärker möjligheten för studerande med funktionsnedsättning att fullfölja studierna.
- security in illnessdecisive»vi slår vakt om principen att den som är för sjuk för att arbeta ska kunna lita på sjukförsäkringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we uphold the principle that someone too ill to work shall be able to rely on sickness insurance”
- reduced injustice in waiting period»Därför vill vi under nästa mandatperiod genomföra en miljardreform för att förändra karensavdraget och öka rättvisan för alla som inte kan jobba hemifrån.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore, during the next term we want to implement a billion-euro reform to change the waiting-period deduction and increase justice for all those who cannot work from home.”
- income protection upon loss»Ett gott ekonomiskt skydd när den egna förvärvsinkomsten faller bort är grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“Good economic protection when one's own earned income is lost is fundamental”
- participation despite disabilities»Personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“People with disabilities shall be able to live their lives like others.”
The plan commits to improving students' sickness insurance and states that security systems must also work for students who become ill.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan commits to improving students' sickness insurance and states that security systems must also work for students who become ill. It furthermore wants to provide better security in sickness absence and abolish the waiting period. A general right to part-time sickness absence and shorter waiting period for removal therefore aligns with the plan's direction.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig att förbättra studenters sjukförsäkring och slår fast att trygghetssystemen måste fungera också för studenter som blir sjuka. Den vill dessutom ge bättre trygghet vid sjukskrivning och slopa karensdagen. En generell rätt till deltidssjukskrivning och kortare karens för avskrivning ligger därför i planens riktning.
- better sickness insurance for studentsdecisive»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise study support and improve students' unemployment insurance and sickness insurance”
- security for sick students»måste fungera också för studenter som blir sjuka« (party programme ↗)“must also work for students who become ill”
- more secure sickness insurance»förändra sjukförsäkringen så den ger bättre trygghet vid sjukskrivning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“change sickness insurance so it provides better security in sickness absence”
- shorter waiting period»slopa karensdagen i sjukförsäkringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“abolish the waiting period in sickness insurance”
The plan's crucial commitment is that sick leave shall become more flexible and rehabilitation better, which is exactly what a general right to part-time sick leave within study support means.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's crucial commitment is that sick leave shall become more flexible and rehabilitation better, which is exactly what a general right to part-time sick leave within study support means. The party programme moreover states that security systems shall also cover students and that those hit by illness or disability shall have economic basic security. The plan also speaks in favour of those with a disability receiving the support they need, which supports the counter-proposal's demand.
Original (Swedish)
Planens avgörande åtagande är att sjukskrivningen ska bli mer flexibel och rehabiliteringen bättre, vilket är precis vad en generell rätt till deltidssjukskrivning inom studiestödet innebär. Partiprogrammet slår dessutom fast att trygghetssystemen ska omfatta även studenter och att den som drabbas av sjukdom eller funktionsnedsättning ska ha en ekonomisk grundtrygghet. Planen talar också för att den som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd som behövs, vilket stödjer motförslagets krav.
- more flexible sick leavedecisive»Vi vill förbättra rehabiliteringen och göra sjukskrivningen mer flexibel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to improve rehabilitation and make sick leave more flexible.”
- security system also for students»också omfatta företagare och studenter.« (party programme ↗)“also cover entrepreneurs and students.”
- basic security in illness»De som drabbats av sjukdom, funktionsnedsättning eller arbetslöshet ska därutöver garanteras en ekonomisk grundtrygghet« (party programme ↗)“Those hit by illness, disability or unemployment shall moreover be guaranteed economic basic security”
- support with disability»Du som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd du behöver, och staten ska ta ett större ansvar för att LSS fungerar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“If you have a disability you shall receive the support you need, and the state shall take greater responsibility for LSS to work.”
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 establishes that social insurance shall be adapted to students' situation and that sick insurance shall provide security in both short-term and chronic illness linked to return to work.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that social insurance shall be adapted to students' situation and that sick insurance shall provide security in both short-term and chronic illness linked to return to work. For people with functional disabilities, society's efforts shall create conditions for an independent life with equal conditions throughout the country. A general possibility for part-time sickness absence for students and more reasonable write-off rules is precisely such an adaptation.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att socialförsäkringarna ska anpassas till studerandes situation och att sjukförsäkringen ska ge trygghet vid både kortvarig och kronisk sjukdom kopplad till återgång i arbete. För personer med funktionsnedsättning ska samhällets insatser skapa förutsättningar för ett självständigt liv med likvärdiga villkor i hela landet. En generell möjlighet till deltidssjukskrivning för studerande och rimligare avskrivningsregler är just en sådan anpassning.
- social insurance adapted to studentsdecisive»Socialförsäkringarna ska anpassas till studerandes och företagares situation.« (party programme ↗)“Social insurance shall be adapted to students' and entrepreneurs' situation.”
- security in illness»Sjukförsäkringen ska ge ekonomisk trygghet vid både kortvarig och kronisk sjukdom« (party programme ↗)“Sick insurance shall provide economic security in both short-term and chronic illness”
- independent life with functional disability»Samhällets insatser ska skapa förutsättningar för ett självständigt och ansvarstagande liv« (party programme ↗)“Society's efforts shall create conditions for an independent and responsible life”
- equal conditions throughout the country»Villkoren för hjälpmedel ska vara likvärdiga i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Conditions for assistive devices shall be equal 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 party programme states that compensatory measures are necessary to reduce the significance of disability, that the legislative instrument is justified to facilitate the situation for persons with disabilities and that support shall be designed according to the individual's needs.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme states that compensatory measures are necessary to reduce the significance of disability, that the legislative instrument is justified to facilitate the situation for persons with disabilities and that support shall be designed according to the individual's needs. Compensation shall support return to work and studies. A general possibility for part-time sick leave that allows studies to continue follows from this.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet säger att kompensatoriska insatser är nödvändiga för att minska funktionsnedsättningens betydelse, att lagstiftningsinstrumentet är befogat för att underlätta situationen för personer med funktionsnedsättning och att stöd ska utformas efter den enskildes behov. Ersättningar ska stödja återgång till arbete och studier. En generell möjlighet till deltidssjukskrivning som gör att studierna kan fortsätta följer av detta.
- compensatory measuresdecisive»Även insatser som är kompensatoriska minskar betydelsen av funktionsnedsättningen och är därför nödvändiga.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that are compensatory reduce the significance of disability and are therefore necessary.”
- legislation as a tool»Det är befogat att använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med funktionsnedsättning.« (party programme ↗)“It is justified to use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for persons with disabilities.”
- support according to individual needs»Såväl hjälpmedel som utbildning, vård, omsorg och service av olika slag ska utformas efter den enskildes behov.« (party programme ↗)“Both aids and education, healthcare, care and services of various kinds shall be designed according to the individual's needs.”
- compensation supporting return»Nivåerna på ersättningarna ska utformas så att den enskilde stimuleras att delta i åtgärder som leder till så god hälsa som möjligt och återgång till arbetslivet.« (party programme ↗)“The levels of compensation shall be designed so that the individual is stimulated to participate in measures that lead to the best possible health and return to working life.”
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 lacks a commitment to part-time sick leave in the student support system.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan lacks a commitment to part-time sick leave in the student support system. Its guiding stance is that welfare commitments should not be broadly expanded but prioritized and financed, and that public welfare must never be undemanding. At the same time, the plan recognizes a state responsibility for those who cannot work, but that is not enough to support a general right to maintained full-time compensation for part-time sick leave.
Original (Swedish)
Planen saknar åtagande om deltidssjukskrivning i studiestödssystemet. Dess bärande hållning är att välfärdens åtaganden inte ska byggas ut brett utan prioriteras och finansieras, och att den offentliga välfärden aldrig får vara kravlös. Samtidigt erkänner planen ett statligt ansvar för den som inte kan arbeta, men det räcker inte till stöd för en generell rätt till bibehållen heltidsersättning vid deltidssjukskrivning.
- financed reformsdecisive»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – such as our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target.”
- welfare with demands»Den offentliga välfärden får aldrig vara kravlös.« (party programme ↗)“Public welfare must never be undemanding.”
- reforms can wait»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what needs to be done – and what can wait.”
- responsibility for the disadvantaged»Det ska alltid finnas en väg tillbaka för den som misslyckats eller drabbats av olycka.« (party programme ↗)“There must always be a way back for those who have failed or been struck by misfortune.”
The plan's main commitment in security systems is that regulations should become more flexible and individually adapted so that the person who becomes ill can focus on recovery instead of ending up in economic crisis.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's main commitment in security systems is that regulations should become more flexible and individually adapted so that the person who becomes ill can focus on recovery instead of ending up in economic crisis. A general right to part-time sickness absence and shorter waiting periods for cancellation of student loans are precisely such individual adaptation, and the plan also wants that people with disabilities are not limited in their access to social life. The plan does not address the committee's grounds that ongoing preparations should be awaited.
Original (Swedish)
Planens bärande åtagande i trygghetssystemen är att regelverken ska bli mer flexibla och individanpassade så att den som blir sjuk kan fokusera på återhämtning i stället för att hamna i ekonomisk kris. En generell rätt till deltidssjukskrivning och kortare karenstid för avskrivning av studielån är just en sådan individanpassning, och planen vill också att funktionsnedsatta inte begränsas i sin tillgång till samhällslivet. Planen berör inte utskottets skäl att pågående beredning bör avvaktas.
- flexible sickness insurance regulationdecisive»Regelverket måste därför bli mer flexibelt och anpassas efter individens behov och möjligheter både inom sjukpenning samt sjuk och aktivitetsersättningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The regulation must therefore become more flexible and adapted to the individual's needs and opportunities both within sickness benefit and sick and activity benefits.”
- individually adapted decisions»Öka flexibiliteten och individanpassningen i beslutsfattandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase flexibility and individual adaptation in decision-making”
- security during illness»Den som drabbas av sjukdom ska kunna lägga sitt fokus på återhämtning istället för att hamna i ekonomisk kris och tampas mot myndigheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The person affected by illness should be able to focus their efforts on recovery instead of being caught in economic crisis and struggling against authorities.”
- participation for people with disabilities»Medborgare som på grund av omständigheter bortom egen kontroll möter andra utmaningar i vardagen ska inte begränsas i sin tillgång till samhälls- eller arbetslivet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Citizens who due to circumstances beyond their own control face other challenges in daily life should not be limited in their access to social or working life.”
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.
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- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:UbU3)
- Committee report full text (HA01UbU3)
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Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:1141 — En tillgänglig sjukvård i världsklass av Linda Lindberg m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1192 — Fler vägar till jobb och bättre studiefinansiering av Teresa Carvalho (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1339 — Bostadssituationen för studenter av Amalia Rud Pedersen och Adrian Magnusson (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1383 — Slopat fribelopp av Patrik Jönsson (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1480 — Möjligheten att ta CSN-lån för den som omskolar sig till yrkeschaufför av Adnan Dibrani (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1673 — Jämställdhet för hållbar utveckling av Annie Lööf m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:168 — Borttagande av fribeloppet för studiemedel av Nima Gholam Ali Pour (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1757 — Återinförande av korttidsstudiestödet av Johan Löfstrand m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2080 — Koppling av studiemedel till avklarade poäng av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage och Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson (båda M)
- Motion 2022/23:2219 — Utgiftsområde 15 Studiestöd av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2240 — Avskrivning av studielån vid tjänstgöring på landsbygden inom samhällsviktiga verksamheter av Mattias Eriksson Falk (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:489 — Ett förändrat stöd för studier vid folkhögskola av Peter Hedberg och Anna-Belle Strömberg (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:494 — Slopat fribelopp av Markus Wiechel och Alexander Christiansson (båda SD)
- Motion 2022/23:560 — Ändrade regler för studiestöd av Markus Wiechel (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:583 — Avskaffa fribeloppet av Helena Storckenfeldt (M)
- Motion 2022/23:740 — Rätt för personer med funktionsnedsättning att få delar av studielånen avskrivna av Nicklas Attefjord (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:82 — Högskola och forskning av Samuel Gonzalez Westling m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:884 — Utbildning för livslångt lärande av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C)
Source: The Swedish Parliament