Apply for advance payment for personnel costs for church-run alternative schools

    Ecclesiastical providers of alternative schools that have emerged from public schools can apply for advance payments for participation in ongoing personnel costs.

    Description

    As a church sponsor of an alternative school that has emerged from a public school, you can apply for a contribution from the state of Lower Saxony towards ongoing staff costs. However, as this application can only be submitted after the end of the school year in question, you have the option of applying for payments on account.

    Competent office

    not specified

    Contact point

    The Regional State Office for Schools and Education is responsible

    Contact person

    Regionales Landesamt für Schule und Bildung Lüneburg

    Address

    address

    Auf der Hude 2
    21339 Lüneburg

    Save contact

    postal address

    Post office box 2120
    21311 Lüneburg

    Opening hours

    Telefonische Erreichbarkeit: Mo. – Do. 9:00 – 12:00 Uhr und 14:00 bis 15:30 Uhr Fr. 9:00 – 12:00 Uhr.         Die Vorsprache ist grundsätzlich nur nach vorheriger Terminvereinbarung möglich.

    Contact

    Internet

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 15.12.2020
    Technisch geändert on 20.01.2026

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Forms

    not specified

    Prerequisites

    • You are the responsible body for a church-run alternative school that has emerged from a public school.
    • The school has been in operation for at least three years

    Action before the administrative court

    Procedure

    You can apply for payments on account for the reimbursement of personnel costs for the coming school year.

    • You fill out the application for advance payments and send the signed version electronically to the responsible authority
    • The authority checks your application and, if the result is positive, grants monthly payments on account
    • After the end of the school year, you must submit an application for reimbursement of personnel costs, stating the advance payments received

    Deadlines

    Retention period: 10 years (After determining the personnel costs)

    Processing time

    2 to 3 weeks

    Costs

    Fee free of charge

    Notes (specifics)

    After the end of the school year, the reimbursement of personnel costs must be applied for separately. The advance payments received will be offset.

    Advance payments can also be requested for the reimbursement of material costs.

    Further Information

    Unterstützende Institutionen

    not specified

    Welche Dokumente resultieren aus dieser Leistung?

    not specified

    Area of validity

    Lower Saxony

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture on 03.10.2024

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 23.01.2025
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Keywords

    Ersatzschule, kirchliche Trägerschaft, Personalkosten, Personalkostenerstattung, Persönliche Kosten, Abschlag, Abschlagszahlung

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 23.10.2024