Overview
- Education Senator Katharina Günther-Wünsch presented the 13-point plan on Thursday, September 3, 2026 to make responses to bullying, sexist remarks and fights consistent across Berlin schools.
- The proposal creates a single, binding catalogue that names specific rule violations and sets step-by-step crisis responses so incidents are handled the same way from school to school.
- Enforcement measures include uniform fines for repeated truancy and tougher educational and disciplinary sanctions for students who use violence, potentially including mandatory anti-violence training.
- The reform builds on the June 'Berliner Konflikt- und Gewaltbarometer' study, which found violence is common in many schools with 4% reporting physical assault and about 20% reporting sexist comments.
- Implementation details and legal steps remain undecided, leaving questions about timeline, changes to the school law and how schools, parents and youth services will coordinate in practice.