State School Students' Association of Bavaria

State School Students' Association of Bavaria eV ; (LSV)
purpose	Bavarian student interest group
Chair:	Maria Sticker, Nicola Hund, Henrik Appel
Establishment date:	17th July 1983
Seat :	Rupprechtstrasse 29, 80636 Munich
Website:	www.lsv-by.de

The State School Students' Association of Bavaria eV (LSV Bayern) defines itself as the Bavarian student interest group. It assists both elected student representatives and students who want to help shape the school and regularly organizes events for the exchange of experiences and further training that are open to the public. In 2009 the LSV was awarded the Citizens Culture Prize 2009 (2nd place) by the Bavarian State Parliament .

history

First foundation

The state student council - state association of Bavarian district student representatives e. V. was founded on July 17, 1983 to represent the interests of Bavarian schoolchildren across the country, as there was no law for schoolchildren in Bavaria. The concept envisaged that every student in Bavaria could join the LSV free of charge. The district student representatives for the grammar schools were board members of the association when they took office. However, this concept failed because of the enormous financial and administrative effort and the association collapsed shortly after it was founded.

Start-up

It was not until 1986, when the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs wanted to shorten grammar school time against the background of the extension of military service, that the student council experienced another boost. There were school demonstrations across Bavaria, organized by regional school associations, at the state level by the Bavarian Young Press.

After the ministry had at least defused the plans, the Bavarian State Student Representation - State Association of Bavarian District School Spokespersons was revived by the current district school spokespersons with a new statute and a revised concept, which existed in its main features until 2010: active members were only the incumbent district school spokespersons. In order to guarantee continuous and functioning financing and administration, members of regional student associations were used when electing managers. In terms of content, however, these had no influence on resolutions and were not members of the LSV.

The three-member state board, the management and delegates of the LSV are elected from among the full members. Supporting members can also be elected as substitutes. Every Bavarian student can take part in the general assembly that takes place every six weeks.

Lawsuit against the LSV by the government

In 1989, the Ministry of Culture applied for the LSV to be deleted from the register of associations on the grounds that "The name 'Landesschülervertretung' gives the impression that this association is a representation of Bavarian schoolchildren. The district school spokespersons associated with it are aware from the outset They do not have an interdisciplinary mandate. However, the tasks assigned to the student representatives are so strictly limited that they cannot be combined with the idea of representation. The establishment of a representation at the district or state level was deliberately avoided The decision was largely determined by the decision of the Bavarian State Parliament of December 15, 1976. The club name is now suitable, especially for a legally uneducated audience who are not familiar with the difference between the forms of public and private law To create the impression that the 'regional student council' represents just such a representation at the regional level. The name of the association thus conceals the above-mentioned 'negative' definition by the legislator. The deceptive name gives it a higher public assessment of legal status and significance than it is due to the existing legal situation. "

The registry court rejected the application of the Ministry of Culture on the grounds that there was no risk of deception due to the association's name. A deletion of the association would only come into consideration if the continuation of the entry would result in damage to authorized persons or if it would be contrary to the public interest.

The aim of the LSV Bayern is still to democratize the Bavarian school, in particular to establish a real state-wide student representation on a legal basis, equipped with strong opportunities to influence education policy.

Foundation of the regional student council and amendment of the statutes

In 2003, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture entered into discussions for the first time about a student council for all types of schools. Talks have been ongoing since then, and in 2006 a pilot project was carried out in the Swabian school supervisory district for a nationwide student body for all types of schools. After the Ministry of Culture approved the student body's wish for an official student body in 2007, the state student body changed its name to the state school student association.

In 2008, the State Student Council in Bavaria (LSR) was officially introduced and has existed since then.

In 2010 the LSV changed its statutes: The special status of the district school spokesman as the only full member was abolished, which meant that every Bavarian pupil could become a member and take on any office within the LSV.

Current projects

basis (Bavarian student symposium)

Under the motto “We Have A Dream”, a nationwide meeting of student representatives, student newspaper editors and other students took place in Bavaria for the first time in 1998. Together with experts, the 200 participants thought about their dream school and the diverse variants of school, teaching and learning. Since then, further bases have taken place in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2012. They are organized by the LSV on their own and each have around 700 participants. In May 2014, basis will take place for the eighth time.

The basic goals of the meeting include the creation of more opportunities for democratic co-determination and participation in schools and the discussion of educational, social and general political issues. The meeting sees itself as a forum for all active students. The state student council of the same year took over the final demands of 2009 as positions.

Mottos and number of participants from previous congresses:

basis'98	We have a dream	200 students
basis'01	Students with effect	500 students
basis'03	All good things come in threes	800 students
basis'05	Because school is different	800 students
basis'07	We leave traces	700 students
basis'09	Because you know how school should be	600 students
basis'12	Definitely with you	700 students
basis'15	Now let's talk	450 students
basis'17	Only with us	500 students

Newsletter

A monthly LSV newsletter on educational and socio-political topics has been published since the beginning of 2013. This includes three to four pages each and is clearly laid out. It is sent to student representatives and other interested parties, including the LSV information distribution list. The newsletter team consists of the Public Relations Working Group, which is responsible for the layout as well as writing the texts.

Think big

From January 2012 to the end of 2013 LSV was a project partner of Think Big.

Furthermore, the LSV provided a deputy spokesman, Luca Batzner, for the education policy forum in Bavaria.

Completed Projects

We don't want to be quiet

In 1988 a leaflet with the title "We don't want to be quiet" was distributed in front of all grammar schools for information about the state student council. A national school newspaper was started and within a year it developed from a school spokesman magazine to a real SMV newspaper.

Now it hits 13

In 1993 the LSV started its first campaign with "Jetzt geht's 13" (with the support of the FOPI). A policy program was also adopted for the second time. In this year and also in 1994 the referendum "Better School" was supported.

Have you been silent today?

With the campaign “Have you been silent today?”, The Bavarian state student council called for more democracy in Bavaria's schools in 2007. Democracy should not limit itself to electing class and student representatives once a year, since democracy is an attitude to life that should be conveyed through the school. And you can do that by living them in schools. With its campaign, the state student council called for the general introduction of class councils, more evaluation of teachers, a strengthening of the school forum and recognition of the student council in Bavaria.

In February 2011 she was co-initiator of an online petition for more study places in the course of the double Abitur class 2011 in Bavaria.

literature

Bavarian State Parliament; Shorthand report; Printed paper 8/61 of December 15, 1976
Archives of the regional student council
G. Frankl: History and development of the student council in the state of Bavaria. Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg, 2003.
State Student Representation - State Association of Bavarian District Student Representatives V .; Copies of the essential briefs on the suggestion of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture the Association of State School Students' Representatives - State Association of Bavarian District School Speakers e. V. to be deleted from the Munich register of associations; o. O .; 1989
M. Reder: In action for student rights - the development of student representatives at Bavarian high schools from 1946 to 1992. Deutschhaus-Gymnasium Würzburg; Wurzburg; no year
Wolfgang Endlein: Niels Niedermaier and Janine Thiel from the Association of State School Students feel they have been ignored by politics. In: Neumarkter Tagblatt. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, January 11, 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ 2nd Prize - State School Students Association Bavaria. Retrieved July 4, 2013 .

[1] 2nd Prize - State School Students Association Bavaria. Retrieved July 4, 2013 .