School - Apply for supplementary support and care (Ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung)

• Residence in Berlin The parent(s) with custody and the child are registered as residents in Berlin. • Custody (Sorgeberechtigung) You have custody of the child. As a rule, both parents have custody. • Consent of the other person with custody All persons with custody must consent to the application. If you have sole custody, no consent is required. • Applying within the deadline For children in grades 1 to 3, no proof of need is required for the care period from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Additional care hours for grades 1 to 3, as well as for grades 4 to 6, must each be applied for separately. The need is generally decided upon by the end of the third school year. From grade 4 onward, a new application must be submitted. Please note that the application must be submitted three months before the start of 4th grade.

• Antrag auf ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung (application for supplementary education and care) The application form, completed and signed by all persons with custody (Sorgeberechtigte), must generally be submitted at school registration at the responsible Grundschule (primary school). If the need arises only at a later point, the application must be submitted at the primary school the child currently attends. The application forms differ according to the type of school: • open all-day school (offene Ganztagsschule), or • bound all-day school (gebundene Ganztagsschule), or • school with a special educational needs focus (sonderpädagogischer Förderschwerpunkt) • Proof of the other person with custody's consent Written authorization (Vollmacht) from the parent with custody who did not sign the application, or a written declaration of sole custody. Sole custody can be proven by a Negativbescheinigung (a certificate confirming that no other person holds joint custody) or by a court order. • Copy of the foster care agreement (Pflegevertrag), if the child is a foster child • Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) where an Auskunftssperre (information blocking notice) is in place • For children in the upper level (Oberstufe) or final level (Abschlussstufe) at a school with the special educational needs focus "Geistige Entwicklung" (intellectual development), or in grades 7 to 10 at a commissioned school (Auftragsschule) with the special educational needs focus "Autismus" (autism): documents for the needs assessment Depending on your employment or training situation, the following documents are required from both parents, provided the child is cared for by both parents: • a current confirmation from your employer of your working hours, since when you have been employed there and to what extent, and a confirmation of any parental leave (Elternzeit) taken (no older than 12 weeks); • certificate of training, coursework, or enrollment (Ausbildungs-/Schulungs- oder Studienbescheinigung); • proof of your self-employed activity, for example a trade registration (Gewerbeanmeldung) or a contribution notice from the Künstlersozialkasse (artists' social insurance fund) • From the 4th grade onward: declaration for determining the contribution toward the cost of day care (income statement) for the period 01.01. to 31.12. of the last calendar year (as a copy) • Income tax assessment notice (Einkommensteuerbescheid) for the last calendar year. If the notice is not yet available, please submit provisional income statements for the last calendar year; a self-assessment of gross income is possible. If no income tax assessment notice is being applied for, please submit the electronic wage tax statement (Lohnsteuerbescheinigung) for the last calendar year, or the December pay slip showing the cumulative annual total. • Parents who were or are without an employment relationship must submit the benefits notice (Leistungsbescheid) from the Jobcenter or the Agentur für Arbeit (employment agency), the maternity and parental allowance notice (Elterngeldbescheid), study or BAföG (student financial aid) documents, or, for pensions, both the most recent and the first pension notice (Rentenbescheid) and any supplementary pension notices. • Parents who pay maintenance (Unterhalt) for children who do not live in the household must submit the maintenance order (Unterhaltstitel) and proof of payment for the last three months.

• Application for supplementary support and care (Ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung, EFöB) at open all-day schools www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/service/formulare/antrag-efoeb-ogb.pdf • Application for supplementary support and care (Ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung, EFöB) at bound all-day schools www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/service/formulare/antrag-efoeb-ggb.pdf • Application for supplementary support and care (Ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung, EFöB) at schools with a special educational needs focus www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/service/formulare/antrag-efoeb-ge.pdf • Declaration for determining the contribution to the costs of day care (proof of income) - only for grades 4-6 www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/service/formulare/erklaerung-fuer-die-

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• Schulgesetz (SchulG) [School Act] gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=SchulG_BE_Inhaltsverzeichnis • Schülerförderungs- und -betreuungsverordnung (SchüFöVO) [Student Support and Care Ordinance] § 3 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=SchF%C3%B6BetrV_BE_!_3 • Tagesbetreuungskostenbeteiligungsgesetz (TKBG) [Day-Care Cost Contribution Act] gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=TagEinrKostBetG_BE

The Bedarfsanerkennung (recognition of need) is sent to the parents after 6 to 8 weeks.

• Explanations and notes on the assessment of the cost contribution for daytime childcare (Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie) (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/service/formulare/erlaeuterungen-koste

Jugendamt (youth welfare office) of the district of residence