Municipal investments; application for funding to improve school infrastructure

The federal government supports investments by financially weak municipalities and municipal associations. Funding can be provided for the renovation, conversion, functional expansion and, in exceptional cases, the replacement of school buildings and school facilities.

Street address

Peterplatz 9
97070 Würzburg

Postal address

Postfach

97064 Würzburg

Phone

+49 931 380-00

Fax

+49 931 380-2222

Mehr zur Behörde

Purpose

The municipal investment program for school infrastructure serves to strengthen the investment activities of financially weak municipalities and associations of municipalities to improve the school infrastructure of general and vocational schools, including special schools.

Object

Funding is provided for investments in school buildings:

Refurbishment
conversion
Expansion, provided this is required for functional or school-related reasons and there is no significant increase in capacity
Exceptionally, replacement construction (economic efficiency)
As part of a refurbishment, conversion or extension measure:
- Equipment, insofar as it concerns non-movable objects and systems that are permanently attached to the building
- Supplementary infrastructure measures (also digital)
- Measures to create accessibility

School buildings include all parts of buildings and facilities that belong to a general education or vocational school and are used for school operations.

Recipients of funding

Financially weak municipalities, administrative districts and boroughs were eligible to apply.

Type and amount

Funding was provided as project funding by way of pro rata financing in the form of a grant of up to 90% of the eligible expenditure of the recognized projects or construction phases.

The prerequisite was acceptance into the funding program in the first half of 2018, which was preceded by an application process, the application deadline for which was 27 April 2018.

The application procedures have been completed. No more applications can be submitted.

All measures must be fully accepted by December 31, 2023. Proof of use must be submitted to the granting authority by June 30, 2024 at the latest.

All measures must be fully accepted by December 31, 2023. Proof of use must be submitted to the granting authority within three months of completion of the measure, but no later than June 30, 2024.