Vocational school for nursing; application for investment cost support

Purpose

In accordance with Art. 23 and 44 of the Bavarian Budget Code (BayHO), the Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies to support certain investment costs for the room and office equipment of private vocational nursing schools in accordance with these guidelines and the administrative regulations on Art. 23 and 44 BayHO.

Since April 1, 2020, the generalist training to become a nursing specialist has been taking place at newly established vocational schools for nursing. The introduction of the new type of school in place of the previous vocational schools for nursing, pediatric nursing and geriatric nursing and the associated switch to a financing system that is essentially laid down in federal law (Nursing Professions Act - PflBG; Nursing Professions Training Financing Ordinance - PflAFinV) should not put the school authorities in a worse position than would have been the case if the previous state law financing system had continued to apply.

The refinancing of investment costs for premises and office equipment is intended to cover financial gaps in the federal training allowance for nursing schools. Voluntary financial support is granted for this purpose within the scope of available budget funds.

Object

The object of the funding is the operation of a vocational school for nursing.

Recipient of the grant

The recipients of applications and funding are state-approved or state-recognized vocational schools for nursing care in Bavaria, if these providers are legal entities under public or private law and operate on a non-profit basis (Art. 29 para. 2 BaySchFG analogously).

Eligible costs

Eligible costs are expenses for items of office and business equipment, provided that these exceed the limit of Section 6 (2) EStG per item. In the case of consumer goods and consumables, proof must be provided on a case-by-case basis that they are items of office furniture and equipment and are not refinanced via the flat-rate training allowance pursuant to Section 30 (1) sentence 2 PflBG.

Type and amount

• The following documents are required for the application:
  • Table with details of items of room and office equipment for which a grant is being applied for (see under "Forms")
  • Confirmation of receipt of the lump-sum training budget in accordance with §§ 29, 30 of the Nursing Professions Act
    from the Bavarian Nursing Training Fund GmbH
  • Current certificate of non-profit status from the tax office
  • Proof of use for a grant for fixed assets
• The following form is required for the proof of use:
  • Proof of use for a grant for fixed assets.

  The right to request further supporting documents is reserved.

• An investment cost subsidy is provided to sponsors of state-approved or state-recognized vocational nursing schools in Bavaria, provided that these sponsors are legal entities under public or private law and operate on a non-profit basis.
• The recipient of the grant receives a flat-rate training budget from Pflegeausbildungsfonds Bayern GmbH in accordance with Sections 29 and 30 of the Nursing Professions Act and Section 8 of the Nursing Professions Training Financing Ordinance.
• Sponsors of vocational nursing schools that are necessarily associated with a hospital as defined in Section 2 No. 1a e and f of the Hospital Financing Act and are included in the hospital plan of the Free State of Bavaria do not receive funding on the basis of these funding guidelines.
• Multiple funding is not permitted. Grants will not be awarded for expenditure on room and office equipment if the expenditure is refinanced under other state and federal programs. The costs of items that are purchased or manufactured for the initial establishment of a vocational school for nursing, that directly serve the theoretical and practical training and are approved by the school authorities cannot be funded in accordance with these guidelines.

Funding is granted upon application to the local government.

For this purpose, an application must be submitted via the Funding Management Platform (FMP).

To register on the FMP, you as a legal entity (organization, company, municipality) need an ELSTER company account certificate.

Make sure you obtain your certificate in good time before submitting your application so that you can get started straight away. Further information on the ELSTER business account can be found here.

Grants are approved by means of a written or electronic grant notification. The approval period is usually the school year in accordance with Art. 5 Para. 1 Sentence 1 of the Bavarian Education and Teaching Act (BayEUG).

The subsidy for the acquisition or production costs for room and office equipment is paid out on November 15 of the funded school year.

The application for expenditure on room and office equipment must be submitted to the responsible government no later than July 1 before the school year for which funding is provided.

If the school year of a vocational school for nursing differs from the school year pursuant to Art. 5 Para. 1 BayEUG (August 1 to July 31 of the following calendar year), the application must be submitted no later than one month before the start of the school year.

No purchase will be refinanced that was already made in the current school year, i.e. before the application was submitted.

Consumer goods and consumables may not include teaching and working materials or office and school supplies.

The applicable public procurement regulations must be complied with when procuring items.