The risk is that this will knock out half of Sweden's private schools”, claims Andreas Mörck, federation director at Almega Education, in a press release.
According to the proposal from the investigator, municipalities will be allowed to deduct six percent from private schools.
"To propose a general deduction of six percent when the industry's average surplus is only two to three percent is to ignore reality. Students in private schools already have lower compensation than their classmates in municipal schools, says Andreas Mörck.
In the right direction
Sweden's Teachers, however, believe that the investigator's proposals are a step in the right direction for "a more equal school and increased national influence".
"Finally, we can get a model that takes into account the supply responsibility of municipal main administrators," says chairman Anna Olskog.
Social Democratic Party's education policy spokesperson Åsa Westlund also sees the proposal as a step in the right direction - but that it should have been taken a long time ago.
Throughout the entire term, the government and the Sweden Democrats have failed to stop this overcompensation to private schools, which amounts to several billion per year.
She refers to the fact that the previous S-government presented a proposal for a reduced compensation, but that the current government chose to investigate the matter further.
She adds that it remains to be seen if the deduction, i.e. the reduction of the school grant to private schools, is sufficient.
The risk is that the money net around private schools will continue, says Åsa Westlund.
