Overview

• Lawmakers opened their first post-recess plenary with a debate on migration in schools.
• The AfD introduced a proposal to set an upper limit for pupils with a migration background and to require sufficient German language skills.
• Education Minister Steffen Freiberg voiced skepticism, arguing that language proficiency and socio-economic conditions drive school success more than background.
• Brandenburg’s school law states that students must not be advantaged or disadvantaged based on origin, nationality or language, raising legal questions about quota-style measures.
• Cottbus Mayor Tobias Schick had called in August for a quota to avoid concentrations of pupils lacking adequate German, citing violence and crime incidents.