2026-02-042025/26:UbU11 · p.8UbUEducation
Komvux (municipal adult education) as customized education
Financial conditions for students in adapted adult education (komvux)
What's at stake: Difficulties combining various financial benefits can in practice discourage people with intellectual disabilities from studying within municipal adult education. How the issue is handled therefore affects that group's actual access to adult education.
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 government should now be tasked with investigating how the financing of adapted adult education should work for people with intellectual disabilities, or whether the Riksdag should await the ongoing processing of an inquiry report already covering the same issues.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee recommends rejecting the motion calling for a dedicated inquiry into financing. The reason is that a government inquiry has already addressed questions about adult students' access to support and student health services as well as the financial situation of students in adapted adult education, that its report is now out for consultation, and that the committee does not want to pre-empt the ongoing process.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 10 (S)
The reservation (S) calls for the government to investigate how the financing of adapted adult education should work. The reasoning is that many people with intellectual disabilities today refrain from studying within municipal adult education because of difficulties combining various financial benefits, and that opportunities for this group to study need to be strengthened.
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 10 by S.
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: KDKristdemokraterna
Ja 199–94Ja 185–108
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 | Yes 19/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/91/0/15 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 11/0/0/7 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 13/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| M | No | Yes 58/0/0/10 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 61/0/0/10 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motion 2025/26:3810 by Anders Ygeman et al. (S) item 67.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2025/26:3810 av Anders Ygeman m.fl. (S) yrkande 67.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 50 proposals on adult education. The proposals were submitted during the general motion period 2025 and concern, among other things, the supply of and need for adult education, the development of vocational higher education and education in Swedish for immigrants. The Riksdag refers, among other things, to the fact that work is already underway in the areas covered by the proposals.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to make state funding for vocational education longer-term and more stable, combined with opportunities for municipalities to receive additional grants. (S) — Reservation 10
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 asserts that it must become easier to pursue education after primary school regardless of the thickness of one's wallet and that adult education is needed throughout the country.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan asserts that it must become easier to pursue education after primary school regardless of the thickness of one's wallet and that adult education is needed throughout the country. The counter-proposal's demand for an investigation of financing for students with intellectual disability addresses precisely that economic obstacle. The plan moreover wants to create a more inclusive society through strengthened welfare and accessibility, which speaks for removing precisely this threshold.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett plånbokens tjocklek och att komvux behövs i hela landet. Motförslagets krav på en utredning av finansieringen för elever med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning svarar direkt mot det ekonomiska hindret. Planen vill dessutom skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom stärkt välfärd och tillgänglighet, vilket talar för att undanröja just den här tröskeln.
- education regardless of economydecisive»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become easier to pursue education after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live.”
- inclusive society»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”
- adult education throughout the country»Folkhögskolor och Komvux behövs i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Folk high schools and adult education are needed throughout the country.”
- raised student support»Vänsterpartiet vill värna universitetens oberoende och finansiering och höja studiestödet så att fler kan välja att vidareutbilda sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to protect universities' independence and funding and raise student support so that more can choose to pursue further education.”
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 requires that obstacles for persons with disabilities to participate in social life be removed, and the election manifesto that they shall be able to live their lives like others.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that obstacles for persons with disabilities to participate in social life be removed, and the election manifesto that they shall be able to live their lives like others. Economic thresholds that lead persons with intellectual disabilities to refrain from comvux (municipal adult education) are such an obstacle. Together with the commitment to competence development throughout life, the plan leads to support for the financing being investigated.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet undanröjs, och valmanifestet att de ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra. Ekonomiska trösklar som får personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning att avstå från komvux är ett sådant hinder. Tillsammans med åtagandet om kompetensutveckling genom hela livet leder planen till stöd för att finansieringen utreds.
- removed obstacles disabilitiesdecisive»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed obstacles for persons with disabilities to participate in social life.”
- participation on equal terms»Personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Persons with disabilities shall be able to live their lives like others.”
- lifelong learning»Goda möjligheter till kompetensutveckling och omställning genom hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“Good opportunities for competence development and transition throughout life.”
- education goals for all»Möjlighet för alla barn oavsett funktionsnedsättning att nå målen för sin utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“Opportunity for all children regardless of disability to achieve the goals of their education.”
The plan requires that educational environments have sufficient resources to meet students' different needs and that support for persons with disabilities improves.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that educational environments have sufficient resources to meet students' different needs and that support for persons with disabilities improves. That economic compensation prevents persons with intellectual disabilities from studying is precisely the sort of obstacle the plan wants to remove. An inquiry into financing therefore lies in line with the commitment to more paths into education and work.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att utbildningsmiljöer har tillräckliga resurser för att möta elevers olika behov och att stödet till personer med funktionsnedsättning förbättras. Att ekonomiska ersättningar hindrar personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning från att studera är precis ett sådant hinder som planen vill undanröja. En utredning av finansieringen ligger därför i linje med åtagandet om fler vägar in i utbildning och arbete.
- resources according to student needsdecisive»utbildningsmiljöer ska ha tillräckliga resurser för att möta elevers olika behov« (party programme ↗)“educational environments shall have sufficient resources to meet students' different needs”
- strengthened support for disability»förbättra stödet för personer med funktionsnedsättning och sällsynta diagnoser oavsett var du bor i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve support for persons with disabilities and rare diagnoses regardless of where you live in the country.”
- more paths into the job market»Vi vill se fler vägar in på arbetsmarknaden och en förbättrad arbetsmarknadspolitik« (party programme ↗)“We want to see more paths into the job market and improved labour market policy”
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 states that all who wish should have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout their lives and that those with a disability should get the support they need.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto states that all who wish should have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout their lives and that those with a disability should get the support they need. The counter-proposal's requirement — to investigate financing so that persons with intellectual disability do not forgo komvux due to economic reasons — follows directly from these commitments. The party programme also warns of thresholds in the welfare systems that make it unprofitable to take the next step.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet och att den som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd som behövs. Motförslagets krav — att utreda finansieringen så att personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning inte avstår från komvux av ekonomiska skäl — följer direkt av dessa åtaganden. Partiprogrammet varnar dessutom för trösklar i trygghetssystemen som gör det olönsamt att ta steget vidare.
- lifelong learning for alldecisive»Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All who wish should have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout their lives.”
- support for 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 should get the support you need, and the state should take greater responsibility for LSS to function.”
- security without thresholds»vara utformad så att ingen faller igenom samtidigt som den stimulerar till arbete och egen försörjning« (party programme ↗)“be designed so no one falls through the cracks while stimulating work and self-sufficiency”
- education system for retraining»För den som förlorat arbetet, eller vill byta inriktning senare i livet, måste studiesystemet erbjuda möjligheter« (party programme ↗)“For those who have lost work, or want to change direction later in life, the education system must offer opportunities”
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 requires more educational pathways for persons with intellectual disabilities and the right to complement education at any time through adult education.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires more educational pathways for persons with intellectual disabilities and the right to complement education at any time through adult education. It also points to the difficulty for persons with disabilities in finding their own livelihood as one of society's greatest injustices. An investigation into how financing of adapted education within adult education shall function removes precisely such an obstacle.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver fler utbildningsvägar för personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning och rätt att när som helst komplettera sin utbildning genom vuxenutbildning. Den pekar också ut svårigheten för personer med funktionsnedsättning att hitta egen försörjning som en av samhällets största orättvisor. Att utreda hur finansieringen av anpassad utbildning inom komvux ska fungera undanröjer just ett sådant hinder.
- more education pathways for disabilitiesdecisive»Det behövs fler utbildningsvägar för unga med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning, till exempel inom yrkeshögskolan, folkbildningen och lärlingsutbildningen och genom anpassade högskoleutbildningar.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for more educational pathways for young people with intellectual disabilities, for example within vocational higher education, folk education and apprenticeship training and through adapted higher education studies.”
- right to adult education»Den som saknar fullständig grundskole- eller gymnasieutbildning ska ha rätt att när som helst komplettera sina kunskaper genom vuxenutbildning.« (party programme ↗)“A person who lacks complete primary or secondary education shall have the right to complement their knowledge at any time through adult education.”
- own livelihood with disabilities»En av samhällets största orättvisor är svårigheten för personer med funktionsnedsättning att hitta egen försörjning.« (party programme ↗)“One of society's greatest injustices is the difficulty for persons with disabilities to find their own livelihood.”
- student finance regardless of background»Studiemedelssystemet ska skapa förutsättningar för alla oavsett ekonomisk bakgrund att studera på akademisk nivå.« (party programme ↗)“The student finance system shall create conditions for everyone regardless of economic background to study at academic level.”
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 explicitly states that it is important that adults with intellectual disability be given the opportunity for education and further development, and that no one should have to forgo studies for financial reasons.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme explicitly states that it is important that adults with intellectual disability be given the opportunity for education and further development, and that no one should have to forgo studies for financial reasons. The counter-proposal points precisely at the fact that many in this group forgo studies because the allowances are difficult to combine. Investigating the financing of adapted education within comvux is therefore precisely what the plan requires.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet säger uttryckligen att det är angeläget att vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning ges möjlighet till utbildning och vidareutveckling, och att ingen ska behöva avstå från studier av ekonomiska skäl. Motförslaget pekar just på att många i den gruppen avstår därför att ersättningarna är svåra att kombinera. Att utreda finansieringen av anpassad utbildning inom komvux är därför precis vad planen kräver.
- education for adults with disabilitydecisive»Det är också angeläget att vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning ges möjlighet till utbildning och vidareutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“It is also important that adults with intellectual disability be given the opportunity for education and further development.”
- no financial study barriers»Ingen ska behöva avstå från högre studier av ekonomiska skäl.« (party programme ↗)“No one should have to forgo higher studies for financial reasons.”
- support according to individual need»Såväl hjälpmedel som utbildning, vård, omsorg och service av olika slag ska utformas efter den enskildes behov.« (party programme ↗)“Both aids and education, care, services and support of various kinds shall be shaped according to the individual's needs.”
- lifelong learning»Möjligheterna till fortsatta studier ska inte vara begränsade till ett visst åldersintervall i yngre år.« (party programme ↗)“Opportunities for continued studies shall not be limited to a certain age interval in younger years.”
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 states that the state has a responsibility to help those who fall through and cannot manage themselves, and that adult education must have relevant content that leads forward.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that the state has a responsibility to help those who fall through and cannot manage themselves, and that adult education must have relevant content that leads forward. Investigating how financing of adapted education within adult education programmes should work, so that people with intellectual disabilities are not hindered by clashing reimbursement systems, lies in line with both that responsibility and the plan's work agenda. However, no explicit commitment to this form of education exists.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att staten har ett ansvar för att hjälpa den som faller igenom och inte klarar sig själv, och att vuxenutbildningen måste ha ett relevant innehåll som leder vidare. Att utreda hur finansieringen av anpassad utbildning inom komvux ska fungera, så att personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning inte hindras av krockande ersättningssystem, ligger i linje med både det ansvaret och planens arbetslinje. Något uttryckligt åtagande om denna utbildningsform finns dock inte.
- responsibility for those who fall throughdecisive»har staten ett ansvar för att hjälpa den som faller igenom och« (party programme ↗)“the state has a responsibility to help those who fall through and”
- relevant adult education»De gymnasiala yrkesutbildningarna och vuxenutbildningarna i Sverige måste få ett innehåll som är relevant och eftertraktat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The upper secondary vocational programmes and adult education programmes in Sweden must have content that is relevant and sought after.”
- better skills supply»Kompetensförsörjningen på svensk arbetsmarknad måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Skills provision on the Swedish labour market must be improved.”
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's disability section establishes that persons with disabilities' opportunities to participate in the labor market must be strengthened and that one who faces cognitive limitations must not be limited in access to society or working life.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's disability section establishes that persons with disabilities' opportunities to participate in the labor market must be strengthened and that one who faces cognitive limitations must not be limited in access to society or working life. Investigating the financing of adapted education within adult secondary education aims precisely at removing economic barriers for this group. The plan does not address adult secondary education particularly, however, so the conclusion is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planens funktionsrättsavsnitt slår fast att funktionsnedsattas möjligheter till deltagande på arbetsmarknaden måste stärkas och att den som möter kognitiva begränsningar inte ska begränsas i sin tillgång till samhälls- eller arbetslivet. Att utreda finansieringen av anpassad utbildning inom komvux syftar just till att undanröja ekonomiska hinder för denna grupp. Planen berör dock inte komvux särskilt, varför slutsatsen är härledd.
- strengthened labor market participationdecisive»Funktionsnedsattas och funktionsvarierades möjligheter till deltagande på arbetsmarknaden måste stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Persons with disabilities and variations in disability must have strengthened opportunities to participate in the labor market.”
- unhindered access to society»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 control face other challenges in everyday life must not be limited in their access to society or working life.”
- employment according to capacity»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheten för personer med nedsatt arbetsförmåga att delta i arbetslivet och i sysselsättning utifrån individuella förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to strengthen the opportunity for persons with reduced work capacity to participate in work and employment based on individual circumstances.”
- vocational foundation for all»Ge alla grunden till ett yrke som efterfrågas på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give everyone the foundation for a profession that is in demand in the labor market”
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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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:UbU11)
- Committee report full text (HD01UbU11)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
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Documents under consideration
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- Motion 2025/26:1982 — Snabbare etablering av yrkesutbildningar av Sten Bergheden (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2027 — Yrkesutbildning för fler och stärkt studie- och yrkesvägledning av Johanna Rantsi och Sten Bergheden (båda M)
- Motion 2025/26:2119 — Bristyrken i fokus för utbildningssatsning av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2179 — Valideringsutbildningar för stärkt kompetens inom bristyrken av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2303 — Säkring av kompetensen att bygga och serva högspänningsledningar av Patrik Lundqvist m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:2791 — En jämlik förskola, skola och vuxenutbildning för alla av Isabell Mixter m.fl. (V)
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Source: The Swedish Parliament