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Digital education infrastructure and IT administration; applying for grants for schools
School authorities can apply for funding from the Federal Republic of Germany (DigitalPakt or federal funding) and from state funds (state funding) for the establishment and expansion of IT infrastructures at schools and for their technical administration.
Forms
Forms
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Antragsmappe BundesförderungErläuternde Hinweise, Ausfüllhilfen und FAQs siehe unter "Weiterführende Links"
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Antragsmappe LandesförderungErläuternde Hinweise, Ausfüllhilfen und FAQs siehe unter "Weiterführende Links"
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
Responsible for you
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus
Secure contact form
Street address
Salvatorstr. 2
80333 München
Postal address
80327 München
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Website
Opening hours
Standort im BayernAtlas
Route planner
Timetable for public transport
Regierung von Oberbayern - Sachgebiet 20 - Wirtschaftsförderung, Beschäftigung
Street address
Maximilianstraße 39
80538 München
Hinweis: Wir empfehlen eine vorherige Terminvereinbarung bei persönlichen Vorsprachen
Postal address
80534 München
Phone
Fax
Persons of contact
Regierung von Oberbayern - Sachgebiet 40.2 - Grund- und Mittelschulen – Organisation, Personal
Street address
Maximilianstraße 39
80538 München
Hinweis: Wir empfehlen eine vorherige Terminvereinbarung bei persönlichen Vorsprachen
Postal address
80534 München
Phone
Fax
Regierung von Oberbayern - Sachgebiet 41.1 - Förderschulen – Organisation, Personal und Schulaufsicht
Street address
Maximilianstraße 39
80538 München
Hinweis: Wir empfehlen eine vorherige Terminvereinbarung bei persönlichen Vorsprachen
Postal address
80534 München
Phone
Fax
Regierung von Oberbayern - Sachgebiet 42.1 - Berufsschulen für technische, gewerbliche und kaufmännische Berufe
Street address
Maximilianstraße 39
80538 München
Hinweis: Wir empfehlen eine vorherige Terminvereinbarung bei persönlichen Vorsprachen
Postal address
80534 München
Phone
Fax
Regierung von Oberbayern - Sachgebiet 42.2 - Berufliche Schulen für technische, gewerbliche, kaufmännische, künstlerische Berufe
Street address
Maximilianstraße 39
80538 München
Hinweis: Wir empfehlen eine vorherige Terminvereinbarung bei persönlichen Vorsprachen
Postal address
80534 München
Phone
Fax
Procedure details
Description
Purpose
The funding program comprises two pillars: Funding from federal funds (DigitalPakt funding) and funding from state funds (state funding).
The purpose of the DigitalPakt funding is to set up and expand interoperable digital technical infrastructures that are conducive to learning and resilient, as well as teaching and learning infrastructures and the optimization of existing structures.
The purpose of state funding is to ensure the functionality of the IT infrastructures available at schools as a whole so that they can be used reliably by schools for digitally supported teaching and learning. The state funding is in addition to the grants for individual measures from the Digital Pact funding.
Object
Funding is provided for personnel resources, material resources (services, tools/systems) and training costs to establish professional structures for IT administration in schools.
Recipients of funding
Eligible recipients are municipal school authorities of public schools and private providers of state-approved and recognized alternative schools in Bavaria.
Eligible costs
The following are eligible for funding
- Personnel costs for employed IT administrators (federal and state funding)
- Material costs for external IT service providers (federal and state funding)
- Expenses for the further training and qualification of employed IT administrators (federal and state funding)
- Systems, tools and services required for central maintenance and servicing by in-house staff for professional IT administration and maintenance (state funding only)
Eligibility for federal funding requires a direct link to an investment measure from the DigitalPakt Schule 2019 to 2024 (including the supplementary federal-state agreement).
Type and amount
The federal grant is provided as project funding by way of pro rata financing. The federal grants are awarded at a rate of 90% of the eligible expenditure, limited to the federal administration budget and with additional consideration of a partial budget regulation.
The state grant is provided as project funding within the framework of fixed-amount financing. The fixed amount is determined for the respective approval period by means of annual budgets, limited to the eligible expenditure incurred that is not covered by the funding in the DigitalPakt Schule, as well as a flat-rate cost in accordance with the schools' IT equipment.
Requirements
- In order to receive funding, each school included in the application must develop its own media concept (in particular equipment and training plan) and upload it to a central database.
- In addition, the schools must document the current status of their IT equipment as part of the current survey conducted by the Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung Dillingen (ALP).
- In order to be eligible for DigitalPakt funding, measures from the other funding programs of the DigitalPakt Schule (special budget for student loan devices - SoLe, special budget for teacher service devices - SoLD, digital education infrastructure at Bavarian schools - dBIR) are also required to establish a connection with the DigitalPakt Schule.
Proceedings
Submission of applications
As the approval period has now ended, no new applications can be submitted.
Approval
In the case of DigitalPakt funding, the responsible government approves the grant by means of a provisional grant notification; in the case of state funding, by means of annual notifications with annual fixed amounts (with subsequent recalculation on the basis of interim evidence by means of an amendment notification).
The funding requirements and conditions are based on the guidelines for Bavarian IT administration funding (BayARn) and the explanatory information (see "Further links") and are legally binding for the funding recipient via the funding notification and the general ancillary provisions as part of the approval process.
Funding procedure
Disbursements from the federal funding are possible through partial disbursement applications for the expenses incurred up to the deadline. It is also possible to extend measures by expanding the planning of measures (change application). The verification of the use of federal funding is carried out by the government. After the audit, the final decision is made and, if applicable, a final installment is paid out.
The state funding is usually paid out by the responsible government annually after the approval or amendment notices have been issued, with an extension to a further approval year and taking into account the actual expenditure and income incurred and the previous payments (amendment notices).
In the case of state funding, the interim statements and confirmations of use are also checked by the responsible governments.
Fees
none
Deadlines
Application deadlines
The application deadline for federal funding ended on 16.05.2024 and for state funding on 30.06.2024.
Approval period (period for the award of legally binding contracts)
The approval period and the period of eligibility ended for federal funding on 16.05.2024 and for state funding on 31.12.2024
Deadlines for the submission of proof of use
- The deadline for submitting proof of appropriate use of funds for federal funding ended on December 31, 2024.
- For state funding, annual interim statements are submitted (regularly as part of the extension application in the following year) and a final confirmation of use by 31.12.2025.
Special notes
In the guidelines for Bavarian IT administration funding (BayARn), general approval for the early start of measures is granted from June 3, 2020 for federal funding and from January 1, 2021 for state funding. This does not constitute a legal entitlement to funding.
Legal bases
Appeal
Administrative court action
Related links
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Professionelle Administration für die IT-Infrastruktur an Bayerns Schulen
Rechtsgrundlagen, Budgettabellen, erläuternde Hinweise, aktuelle Antragsformulare, Eckpunkte der Förderung, Ausfüllhinweise, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Status: 11.07.2025
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