Policy Document

Act (2009:341) to amend the education act (1985:1100)

Year

2010

Country

Sweden

Topic

Family & Children

Subtopic

Childcare

Main implications

A child has the right to preschool for at least 525 hours per year from the fall of the year the child turns three.

Benefits & Requirements

Types of provision stipulated by this document

Public

Benefits offered by this document for using childcare services

No

Types of benefits guaranteed by this document

Access-To-Specific-Public-Or-Social-Services

Does this document guarantee a provision of childcare free of costs?

No

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

Svensk författningssamling 2009:341. Lag om ändring i skollagen (1985:1100). Stockholm: Utbildningsdepartementet.

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/sfs/20090341.pdf

Comments & Clarifications

If required due to parents' work or studies, a child shall be provided preschool services from the age of one (1994:11).

Author

Cecilia Larsson & Maria Stanfors
Centre for Economic Demography/Department of Economic History, Lund University

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2014): Policy: "Act (2009:341) to amend the education act (1985:1100)" (Information provided by Cecilia Larsson & Maria Stanfors). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].