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After-school care
Service Description
Every child in Thuringia is entitled to after-school care from the time they start school until they finish elementary school. Care can be provided in after-school programs at elementary schools and in daycare centers. After-school care in Thuringia is an organizational part of elementary school and attendance is voluntary. It is an institution that complements families and supports teaching, promotes children's independence, creates the conditions for practicing social behavior, acting responsibly and pursuing individual needs and inclinations.
Elementary school children are entitled to support in an after-school care center at an elementary school from Mondays to Fridays with a daily care time of ten hours, counting the teaching time.
Admission to the after-school care program:
Parents must apply in writing to the relevant elementary school by May 31 for admission to the after-school care program for the period before the first and after the last lesson for the following school year.
What are the fees?
Parents participate in the after-school fees, which consist of personnel and material costs. The income and the number of children in a family are taken into account in an appropriate manner. Information on the amount of the after-school care fees is provided by the school board.
Legal basis
- Thuringian regulation on the participation of parents in the costs of after-school care - ThürHortkBVO from 12.03.2013
- § Section 10 After-school care and boarding schools - Thüringer Schulgesetz (ThürSchulG)
- Thuringia Act on the Education, Upbringing and Care of Children in Daycare Facilities - ThürKitaG
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Professionally released on
28.09.2015
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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