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School administration; administration of schools by district authorities and independent cities

District administrations are responsible for the administration of district-owned schools, independent cities for the administration of schools in the independent city.

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Landratsamt Erding

Landratsamt Erding

Street address

Alois-Schießl-Platz 2
85435 Erding

Postal address

Alois-Schießl-Platz 2

85435 Erding

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Procedure details

The district authority and the independent city have the following tasks, among others, for state and municipal schools:

  • The provision and financing of school expenses for the schools under the responsibility of the district or independent city.

    School expenses include the material expenses required for proper school operations and teaching as well as the expenses for domestic staff. Material expenses include, in particular, the expenses for
    • the provision, furnishing, equipping, management and maintenance of school facilities and rooms for schools for the sick in clinics, including sports facilities, recreational areas and, where necessary, janitor accommodation
    • teaching materials and learning aids, insofar as they are granted free learning materials in accordance with Art. 21 of the Bavarian School Financing Act (BaySchFG), libraries, magazines and copyright fees,
    • practical training in the context of teaching (Art. 50 Para. 3 of the Bavarian Education and Teaching Act [BayEUG]),
    • school events,
    • facilities to help shape school life,
    • business needs of the school,
    • dormitories for vocational schools (in the case of vocational schools, including expenses for board and lodging), insofar as they are necessary for school operations,
    • the necessary transportation of pupils to and from school,
    • Pupil transportation for primary, secondary and special schools in accordance with Art. 3 Para. 4 BaySchFG
    • Expenses for disabled pupils and pupils with special educational needs at general schools in accordance with Art. 3 Para. 5 BaySchFG
  • Financial processing, i.e. collection or reimbursement of guest school contributions in accordance with Art. 10 BaySchFG for state schools and Art. 19 BaySchFG for municipal schools; participation or even partial decision in the guest school application process
  • Implementation of school construction measures by the district or independent city, in particular pupil development planning, room program and financing
  • Measures to enforce compulsory school attendance (Art. 118 BayEUG) and administrative offenses for violations of compulsory school attendance (Art. 119 BayEUG)

In the area of municipal schools, the district or independent city is also the employer of the teaching staff and bears the personnel costs.

  • School authorities; information on legal management matters

    The district administrative authorities are responsible for matters relating to the legal management of state education authorities.

  • School expenses; information about carriers

    The school expenses include the costs for the construction and operation of the entire school as well as the expenses for the house staff. In the case of public schools, the school expenses are generally borne by the local authority; in the case of private schools, they are borne by the respective private provider (e.g. the church).

Status: 19.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus
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