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- HE 69/2026 vpIn progress
Child home care allowance residence requirement
Eligibility for child home care allowance will require at least three years of residence in Finland, and the allowance will be paid only to a parent who personally provides the primary care for the child. The change encourages immigrant families to enrol children in early childhood education and care and to access integration services and the labour market.
13 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 233/2026 vpIn progress
Safeguarding education during disruptions
The act provides for new operating procedures to safeguard the operations of schools, early childhood education and care, and liberal adult education during various serious disruptions. In basic education, a temporary switch to remote teaching can be made where necessary, and day-care centres can apply flexible staffing ratios without emergency conditions under the Emergency Powers Act.
14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 105/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing daycare-specific equality plans
Daycare centres and other early childhood education and care units will no longer be required to draw up their own separate equality plans. A municipality or private early childhood education and care provider will be able to draw up a single joint plan for all its units.
19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote108 jaa53 ei - HE 54/2025 vpPassed
Early childhood education and care vouchers
Service vouchers for early childhood education and care will be regulated under a dedicated act instead of health and social services regulation. The use of service vouchers will remain voluntary for municipalities and an option for families to choose a private early childhood education and care place.
14 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 192/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting integration compensation and easing obligations
The state will cut compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for promoting integration and reduce their related administrative obligations. At the same time, special state reimbursements for immigrants' social assistance will be abolished or their duration shortened.
19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes97 jaa68 ei - HE 111/2024 vpPassed
Reducing administrative burden in early childhood education and care
Municipalities and private early childhood education and care providers will no longer be required to draw up local early childhood education and care plans or to report staff continuing education to the national data repository. The reform aims to reduce the administrative burden of early childhood education and care and save working time.
22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote92 jaa68 ei - HE 73/2025 vpPassed
Changing early childhood education and care fee index
The price index used in the regular adjustment of client fees in early childhood education and care will be replaced with another index. The change will reduce the workload of Statistics Finland without any significant impact on fees paid by families.
16 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 177/2022 vpPassed
Mandatory equality plans for early childhood education
Day-care centres will be required to regularly draw up an equality plan to promote gender equality. The systematic work aims to dismantle gender roles and prevent discrimination already in early childhood.
21 Nov 2022 · 1 vote113 jaa34 ei - HE 228/2022 vpPassed
Lowering early childhood education fees
Client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be reduced by raising the income thresholds used to determine fees by 33 per cent. The change will lower early childhood education and care fees particularly for middle-income families and make early childhood education and care free of charge for more families.
20 Dec 2022 · 5 votes121 jaa31 ei - HE 148/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Promoting equality and protection against discrimination
Equality planning will be extended to early childhood education and care, and supervision of discrimination in working life will be enhanced. The definition of harassment will be broadened, and the right of persons with disabilities to reasonable accommodation will be clarified.
8 Dec 2022 · 1 vote114 jaa38 ei - HE 148/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Three-tiered support in early childhood education
A three-tiered support model will be created in early childhood education and care, guaranteeing children the right to receive the support they need as early as possible. Support will be divided into general, intensified and special support according to the child's individual needs.
10 Dec 2021 · 4 votesClosest vote · 15 c § , mietintö / Kaisa Juuso
83 jaa60 ei - HE 56/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering child welfare after-care age
The age limit for child welfare after-care will be lowered from 25 to 23 years. At the same time, responsibilities for organising early childhood education and care for children placed in care and the division of costs between municipalities will be clarified.
19 Dec 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Ilmari Nurminen
118 jaa57 ei - HE 67/2023 vpPassed
Early childhood education and care database
Municipalities will be required to record aggregate numerical data on the support and support services received by children in the early childhood education and care database. The reform will improve the monitoring and compilation of statistics on support nationwide without collecting personal data.
30 Nov 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 224/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Licensing private day-care centres
Establishing a private day-care centre or substantially expanding its operations will require an official licence instead of the previous notification. Private family day care will remain subject to notification.
28 Apr 2022 · 2 votes97 jaa73 ei - HE 72/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Facilitating research use of statistical data
An official researcher and data service will be created for Statistics Finland, through which researchers and authorities can access datasets more quickly and extensively. At the same time, Statistics Finland's rights to collect data from various registers will be expanded.
18 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 129/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming family leave and parental allowances
Parental leave and parental allowances will be divided equally between both parents, and leave can be used flexibly until the child reaches the age of two. In addition, employees will be entitled to five days of annual carer's leave to care for a close relative.
21 Dec 2021 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso
85 jaa62 ei - HE 55/2022 vpPassed
Establishing educational equality funding in law
Funding promoting educational equality in early childhood education and care and pre-primary and basic education will be established in law as a permanent government grant. The grant can be awarded to providers of education and early childhood education and care for four years at a time instead of through an annual application process.
10 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 159/2022 vpPassed
Early childhood education grants for non-residents
Municipalities can receive a special government grant to provide early childhood education and care for children seeking or receiving protection, and undocumented children. The funding will reimburse costs for children who do not have an official municipality of residence in Finland.
9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 133/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Raising property tax rate ranges
Statutory lower and upper limits for property tax rates will be raised. This will increase property taxation in some municipalities and boost municipal tax revenues.
27 Oct 2017 · 3 votes131 jaa29 ei - HE 323/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementary budget for 2019
The supplementary budget for 2019, comprising amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
14 Mar 2019 · 24 votes