The Geneva Grand Council has backed private schools in their fight to keep their own admissions policy.
The cantonal education minister, Anne Emery-Torracinta, wants to align the schools in the canton to follow the age children start. For cantonal schools, children have to be three years old before they can start - but due to the different syllabuses offered by many international school, many are accepted at 2 and a half years.
The Liberal Party is now supporting international schools, together with the right-wing parties, a bill confirming the current status was passed.
The law is not yet final as it needs a third debate.
More Swiss firefighters head to France
French wildfire smoke drifts
Unions demand hot weather orders
Brighter economic prediction
Annemasse municipal police attacked
Geneva and Vaud have the cheapest pools
