Alltagskompetenzen - Schulen fürs Leben; Beantragung einer Förderung für Maßnahmen an nichtstaatlicher Schule

Non-governmental schools can apply for funding for practical weeks or practical modules as part of the "Everyday Skills - School for Life" concept.

As part of the concept, the entire school family works together on an interdisciplinary basis and with qualified external partners. In terms of content, "Everyday Skills - School for Life" covers the entire area of everyday skills and life economics with the fields of health, nutrition, household management, self-determined consumer behavior, environmental behavior and digital action.

Purpose

Funding is provided for measures to implement the "Everyday Skills - School for Life" concept for pupils at local authority schools and private alternative schools as part of project weeks, particularly in conjunction with specialist lectures and excursions.

Object

Eligible for funding is the implementation of project weeks in accordance with the "Everyday Skills - School for Life" concept at elementary school, middle schools, secondary schools, grammar schools, special schools, business schools and special schools. In the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 school years, up to two project weeks in two different grades in the course of grades 1 to 4 and grades 5 to 9 are eligible for funding.

Funding recipients

Funding recipients are the providers of municipal schools and the providers of state-approved and recognized alternative schools in Bavaria.

Eligible costs

Eligible costs are expenses for the implementation of the project weeks or project modules for

• Fees for external partners and specialists,
• Travel costs for pupils to extracurricular places of learning as part of school trips and excursions,
• material costs (materials, food, etc.).

Type and amount

The funding is provided as a non-repayable one-off grant or allocation (project funding) in the form of fixed-amount funding. The maximum amount of funding for an individual school per school year is calculated by multiplying the number of classes in grades 1 to 4 or 5 to 9 by EUR 100 when carrying out a project week. In the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 school years, the maximum funding amount for an individual school per school year for the implementation of two project weeks is calculated by multiplying the number of classes in grades 1 to 4 or 5 to 9 by 130 euros. For schools with up to six classes, the funding amount in the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 school years is 700 euros for one project week and 910 euros for two project weeks (basic amount).

• The school organizes one or two project week(s) for students in grades 1 to 4 and in grades 5 to 9. If two project weeks are carried out, they must be carried out in two different grades.
• The project week(s) is/are carried out over five consecutive days or as part of multi-day project modules (split into a two-day and a three-day project block).
• The project weeks are carried out with the involvement of qualified external experts and extracurricular learning locations, e.g. in the form of cooperation with farms, initiatives for sustainability and environmental protection or health education campaigns. Programs such as "Erlebnis Bauernhof", "Landfrauen machen Schule", "Ernährung macht Schule", "Wissen wie's wächst und schmeckt", "Partnerschule Verbraucherbildung", "Umweltschule in Europa" or "Landesprogramm für die gute, gesunde Schule Bayern" can be integrated.

Overview of the procedure at non-governmental schools:

1. Planning the project week(s) by the school
2. Forwarding of the concept(s) to the school authority
3. Application and sending of the application form by the school authority by e-mail to the responsible government by 15.11.2024
4. Approval by the government
5. Implementation of the project week(s) (preferably on five consecutive days each, alternatively divided into a two-day and a three-day project block) in all classes in one (or two) grade(s) determined by the school management (grades 1 to 9 inclusive)
6. Forwarding of information on the successful implementation of the project week from the schools to the school authority for the preparation of the proof of use by the school authority; sending of the proof of use by e-mail within six months of the end of the approval period.
7. After submission of the confirmation of use, the government initiates payment of the grant amount to the school authority (possibility of applying for partial payment if expenses are documented that exceed 50% of the grant amount)

The application must be submitted to the responsible government by the school authority using the electronic application form (available on the homepage of the State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, see further links) by November 15 of each year (cut-off deadline). Applications submitted after this date can no longer be considered.

The project week(s) must be carried out by the end of July of a school year.

Funding recipients must submit proof of use (without submitting supporting documents) to the responsible government no later than six months after the end of the approval period in accordance with the template provided by the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (available on the homepage of the State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, see further links).

Under "Further links" you can access information on processing (collection of the latest letters from the Ministry of Education and checklists with important information on processing etc.) and forms. Please note the different procedures for state and non-state schools (municipal schools and private alternative schools) before you plan and carry out the project weeks and call up your available budget. This will help you to avoid possible inquiries from the government and delays in the payment of invoices.

School authorities of schools located in different administrative districts must submit a separate application to the relevant government.

The implementation of a project week is obligatory for municipal schools.