New rules on good order and transfers in the Danish folkeskole

The school must now clarify the background and context of the pupil's action in conversations with the pupil and the parents. Previously, the school had to clarify the reason why the pupil did not follow the rules.

When the school decides on a measure, it must now also take the best interests of the child into account. The assessment now also looks at pupils and staff who have been negatively affected by the action, and at the pupil's maturity. The assessment no longer mentions whether the offence was committed intentionally or negligently. When private items are confiscated, only the wording has changed: the assessment now looks at what the pupil did and the seriousness of the action, instead of the pupil's offence and the seriousness of the offence. The assessment of the pupil's age and of any earlier talk, reprimand and warning is unchanged.

The municipal council can now decide on a transfer in particularly serious cases or repeat cases following a recommendation from the school head. Previously, the municipal council could decide this if the transfer could not be carried out because the head of the new school could not agree to it, and the decision was made on the basis of recommendations from the school heads involved. The school head can no longer carry out a transfer together with the head of the new school without the consent of the pupil and the parents. The rule that the municipal council must be notified of such a decision, and that the parents must receive a copy, has been removed. The reference to the rules on the duty to report is now to the Act on Children instead of the Act on Social Services when the school head contacts the social authorities about matters outside the duty to report.