Overview
- Members of the Bad Hersfeld chapter of Omas gegen Rechts say the Staatliches Schulamt in Bebra cancelled a March 2026 Projekttag follow‑up and later removed regular reading sessions at two primary schools after an anonymous complaint and press reports.
- A Schulamt employee told reporters there was no formal ban and that officials only reminded schools about the party‑political neutrality duty required by Hessian law.
- The acting head of the Schulamt cited the need to keep distance from 'specific day‑political action alliances' and warned schools not to become 'an uncommented stage for political mobilisation.'
- Hessian Kultusminister Armin Schwarz told the state parliament that civic initiatives like Omas gegen Rechts can be invited as Unterrichtsgäste and that neutrality does not mean being neutral toward liberal democracy.
- The group says it has received no written justification for the cancellations and the dispute highlights a wider debate over how the Beutelsbacher Konsens and neutrality rules are applied by local authorities, with outcomes left to school leaders and regional offices.