Education and participation

• School trips and school trips lasting several days for school pupils and children attending a day care centre: In this case, the actual costs are covered. Confirmation from the school/day care centre is required.
• School supplies for pupils: Twice a year, at the beginning of each school term, an additional sum of 116 euros is paid out and on 1 February an additional sum of 58 euros is paid out.
• School transport costs for pupils: Anyone who is dependent on school transport to attend the nearest school of their chosen educational programme can apply for the costs to be covered. For all courses of education, the minimum distance between home and the school attended is one kilometre.
• Learning support for pupils: To ensure that the learning objective can still be achieved, the costs for learning support can be covered. However, the reason for the learning deficit must not be self-inflicted. Confirmation from the school that no school offers are available and that the learning support is likely to be successful is required.
• Assumption of costs for lunch for pupils and for children attending a day care centre: The catering must be provided under the responsibility of the facility. Kiosk offers cannot be claimed as lunchtime catering.
• Participation in social and cultural life for children and young people up to the age of 18: benefits amounting to a flat rate of €15 per month can be paid. This includes offers in the areas of sport and games, culture and socialising, for example in sports clubs and music schools and participation in leisure activities. This also includes the costs of the holiday pass or the school leisure ticket.

Beneficiaries are persons who Citizen's income according to Social Security Code II (SGB II) and

• are not yet 25 years old,
• attend a general or vocational school and do not receive a training allowance
  or
• child is in a day care centre.
• Foster children according to SGB VIII
  • Children who, in accordance with § 10 Para. 3 SGB VIII, are exempt from the principle of priority of SGB VIII benefits over SGB II benefits (§ 19 Para. 2 in conjunction with § 28 Para. 6 SGB II), children/young people who attend a day care centre/school are entitled to benefits for the following Lunch supply.
  • You will find the required documents here

On leipzig.de we have compiled an overview of the Providers, as well as further information for citizens and providers compiled.

Benefits for children, pupils and young adults entitled to benefits are always granted by the responsible office:

• for those entitled to benefits under SGB II who receive citizen's allowance, at the Leipzig Job Centre
• for all other beneficiaries at the Social welfare office, City of Leipzig

As soon as your application for continued entitlement to Citizen's Allowance has been approved and you have received the notification, Team 533 (Education and Participation) will automatically check the lunchtime meals. Please refrain from making additional enquiries or submitting applications for lunchtime meals.

Please note that the relevant attachments must still be submitted for learning support, school transport, school trips lasting several days and participation in social and cultural life, and a separate notification must be submitted for upcoming one-day excursions. You can find the required attachments in our download centre under the "Service" tab

You do not have to wait for the notification of the benefits to secure your livelihood to specify the benefits for education and participation. In the best case scenario, you should inform us when you apply for the citizen's allowance benefits or submit the application for continued authorisation that you are claiming the desired benefits.

The processing time can be up to 8 weeks. Exceptions are applications for learning support, which are preferably processed within 5 working days of receipt. Please note that when claiming benefits for trips lasting several days, the processing time is based on the due date for payment.