Educational support; application for students
Your schooling will be individually financially supported as long as the funds required for living and education are not otherwise available.
Description
Purpose and object
Training assistance is provided for full-time training at schools in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) and the Bavarian Training Assistance Act (BayAföG). In Bavaria, state legislation (BayAföG) entitles students to support for grades 5 to 9 of Realschulen and Gymnasien and grades 7 to 9 of Wirtschaftsschulen under certain conditions.
Education assistance is only granted if the student, his/her spouse and parents are not able to raise the necessary costs for education and living expenses on the basis of their own income and assets. In certain cases (e.g. when attending evening classes, colleges and vocational high schools or when working for many years), the grant is awarded without taking parental income into account.
Beneficiaries
In principle, participants in full-time training courses are eligible to apply. Further criteria can be found under "Prerequisites
Type and amount
The maximum amount of the educational grant depends on the type of educational institution attended and the accommodation with the parents or any necessary accommodation away from home. In the case of training at a specialized academy, half of the funding is usually provided as a grant and half as a non-interest-bearing state loan; in the case of other school-based training, the funding is provided as a grant.
The maximum monthly subsidy rate for attendance at
- Vocational colleges and technical colleges whose attendance does not require completed vocational training: 247 euros,
- evening secondary schools, post-secondary vocational schools, evening secondary schools and specialized secondary school classes whose attendance requires completed vocational training: 448 euros,
- 448 euros for classes at technical colleges whose attendance requires completed vocational training, evening high schools, vocational high schools and colleges.
If trainees do not live with their parents or, if necessary, are accommodated away from home, the maximum monthly subsidy for attendance at
- secondary general schools and vocational colleges, as well as specialized and specialized upper secondary school classes, the attendance of which requires completed vocational training, 585 euros,
- evening secondary schools, post-secondary vocational schools, evening secondary schools and classes of specialized secondary schools, attendance of which requires completed vocational training 681 euros
- 723 euros for classes at technical colleges whose attendance requires completion of vocational training, evening high schools, vocational high schools and colleges.
If trainees themselves are insured for health and nursing care and are required to pay contributions, the requirement is increased by 109 euros per month.
Responsible office
When attending evening schools and colleges as well as higher technical schools and academies, the offices for educational grants at the independent city or the district administrative authority in which the educational institution is located are responsible. When attending other educational institutions (especially schools), the Office for Educational Support in whose district the parents have their permanent residence is responsible. The contact details of the responsible office are displayed when you select the town in which the training center is located or the parents have their permanent residence under "My Town" in the BayernPortal.
Prerequisites
Funding is provided for attendance at public schools or state-approved or recognized alternative schools. In the case of other educational institutions, educational assistance is only granted if the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Art recognizes the equivalence of attendance at this institution with attendance at a public or state-approved school or university. Training assistance is only granted for the period in which the training fully occupies the trainee's working capacity (full-time training).
Training assistance is generally only provided for the initial training, but under certain circumstances it is also possible to receive assistance for further training. Eligible are in principle
- Germans,
- recognized persons entitled to asylum and refugees, as well as
- under certain conditions, other foreigners, in particular nationals of EC member states.
Training assistance is generally no longer provided if trainees have reached the age of 30 at the start of the training period for which training assistance is requested.
Procedure
The application must be submitted in writing or electronically (see under "Online procedure") to the relevant Office for Educational Support. If the applicant has not yet submitted all the required documents for a decision on the application, the Office for Educational Support will contact the applicant and ask him/her to submit the missing documents. Other authorities will not be involved as a matter of principle.
Special notes
Trainees who have completed their initial vocational training and wish to gain further qualifications as technicians, master craftsmen and industrial foremen, etc., can receive benefits under the Upgrading Training Assistance Act (Aufstiegsfortbildungsförderungsgesetz, AFBG), the so-called ''Aufstiegs-BAföG''.
For the promotion of an education abroad, certain promotion offices are responsible as foreign offices. Each of the total of eighteen foreign offices is responsible for a specific foreign state or several foreign states. Which office decides on the funding of the respective education abroad can be found in the list of offices, which is attached to the explanations of form 6 (see under "Forms").
Deadlines
Training assistance is only paid from the beginning of the month in which the training begins, i.e. from the month in which classes actually start, but at the earliest from the month in which the application is received in writing or electronically (see online procedure) by the relevant Office for Training Assistance. Education grants will not be paid retroactively. A new application is required for each grant period (usually one school year). In the case of subsequent applications, the application must be submitted in full no later than two months before the end of the old grant period in order to avoid interruptions in payment.
Processing time
The processing time or the total lead time between the application and the issuance of the approval notice should be expected to be approx. 6 to 8 weeks.
Required documents
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The documents required depend on the type of grant and can be found in the relevant forms.
Online procedures
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BAföG-Online für Schüler
This service supports you by helping you to enter your application data and checks it for completeness and plausibility. If you have an ID card with activated electronic proof of identity, you can send the forms, which usually only require a signature, and the documents to be enclosed electronically to the competent authority. Forms that must be completed by the training institution or that must only be submitted upon express request cannot be sent electronically.
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BAföG für Auslandsaufenthalt in Österreich
You can apply online for benefits under the BAföG for stays abroad in the country of Austria. As long as the requirements are met, funding can be provided:
- High school visit
- Foreign internship
- Study abroad
Links to more information
Status: 14.09.2022
Responsible for editing: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
- Online transactions, Bavaria-wide
- Online transactions, locally limited
- Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide
- Legal bases, Bavaria-wide
- Legal bases, locally limited
- Fees, Bavaria-wide
- Fees, locally limited
If you select a location under "Localization" the contact details of the responsible authority and, if applicable, locally valid information will be displayed.