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Private schools; application for a grant for free learning materials
Private school authorities that grant their pupils free learning materials for textbooks receive state subsidies.
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Antrag auf Gewährung eines Staatszuschusses zur Lernmittelfreiheit nach Art. 46 BaySchFG
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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Bayerisches Landesamt für Schule
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Stuttgarter Straße 1
91710 Gunzenhausen
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Stuttgarter Straße 1
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Description
Purpose
Grants are intended to support private sponsors of school expenses in the financing of textbooks.
Object
Private alternative schools are free to grant free learning materials. Provided that learning materials are granted free of charge in the same way as at public schools, they receive state funding accordingly.
Type and amount
The state grants the providers of these schools lump-sum allocations towards the costs per pupil and school year - depending on the type of school - in accordance with Art. 22 Para. 1 No. 1 and No. 2 BaySchFG. For private elementary school, secondary schools and special schools, the grant is increased by 50% (Art. 46 para. 1 sentence 3 BaySchFG). The grant calculation is based on the official pupil numbers of the previous school year.
Recipients of grants
Private alternative schools that grant free learning materials in the same way as public schools can receive corresponding grants.
Requirements
Granting of free learning materials as at public schools, i.e. (free) provision of textbooks for pupils.
Proceedings
The funding bodies of the alternative schools submit the applications to the State Office for Schools by June 1 of each year for the upcoming school year using the form provided.
The State Office for Schools examines the submitted applications and determines the amount of state subsidies for the individual applicants.
If applications are received on time, two-thirds of the grants are paid out to the private school's expenditure providers at the beginning of the school year and the remaining third during the second half of the school year.
Deadlines
Applications must be submitted (at the latest) by June 1 of each year for the upcoming school year.
Processing time
If the application is received on time, two thirds of the grants will be paid out to the private schools at the beginning of the school year and the remaining third during the second half of the school year.
Legal bases
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Art. 46 i.V.m. Art. 21 Bayerisches Schulfinanzierungsgesetz (BaySchFG)GVBl. S. 455, BayRS 2230-7-1-K
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Art. 22 Bayerisches Schulfinanzierungsgesetz (BaySchFG)GVBl. S. 455, BayRS 2230-7-1-K
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Vollzug der Vorschriften des Bayerischen Gesetzes über das Erziehungs- und Unterrichtswesen und des Bayerischen Schulfinanzierungsgesetzes über die LernmittelfreiheitBekanntmachung des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Unterricht und Kultus (Az. II.1-5 S 1320-5.52 750, KWMBl. S. 301)
Status: 08.07.2025
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