Only two cases in five years have the authorities taken further to court to claim fines, but the cases are still not settled.
This means that the School Inspectorate's criticism can be interpreted as "empty threats", according to Olle Lundin, professor of administrative law at Uppsala University.
I think it's lamentable, the authorities are not using the instruments they actually have, he says.
Between 2015 and 2019, the School Inspectorate received an average of 5 million kronor in fines per year and 91 cases were tried in court. But since the summer of 2020, only two cases have been sent to court.
One of the reasons is, according to the School Inspectorate's regional manager Sofie Lindén, the pandemic. Another reason is that schools improve after criticism, she believes.
The School Inspectorate is a supervisory authority and is responsible for ensuring that schools follow the law.
Correction: In an earlier version, an incorrect figure was given for how much the authority received between 2015 and 2019.
