Financial aid for recognized alternative schools and alternative schools of special educational importance in independent sponsorship Payment

    As the provider of an independent alternative school, you can receive advance payments of the financial aid as a subsidy for your running costs.

    Description

    As an independent alternative school, you can apply for financial aid as a subsidy towards running costs. The same applies to alternative schools of particular educational importance. The financial aid can also be granted in the form of payments on account.

    The amount of the financial aid depends, among other things, on your number of pupils, your teaching provision and your social security costs.

    Competent office

    not specified

    Contact point

    The Regional State Office for Schools and Education is responsible.

    Forms

    not specified

    Prerequisites

    The type of school or course of education must be recognized or it must be a substitute school of particular educational importance.

    Action before the administrative court

    Procedure

    You can apply for financial aid payments on account for the coming school year.

    In order to receive the payments on account, you must apply for financial aid at the Regional State Office for Schools and Education in Lüneburg.

    The state office will check the completeness of the application documents and, if all requirements are met, will grant the state subsidy as payments on account.

    Deadlines

    Retention period: 10 years (nach Festsetzung der Sachkosten)

    Processing time

    2 to 4 weeks

    Costs

    Fee free of charge

    Notes (specifics)

    After the end of the school year, a separate application must be made for the determination and granting of financial aid. The deductions received will be offset.

    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 04.09.2024

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 05.02.2025
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Keywords

    Allowance

    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