Educational Package

The services include the assumption of costs for lunch in school and a day care centre, school supplies and the assumption of costs for the route to school and to a recreation location.

The children and young people can take part in a sports club, a music school or in cultural activities and go on excursions and school or day care centre trips.

If students need support outside of school to achieve their learning goal, they will also benefit from the educational package.

Children and young people from families who receive citizen’s allowance, social assistance, child supplement, housing benefit or benefits under the Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act are eligible. The benefits are granted to children and young people up to the age of 25; if they receive social assistance or benefits under the Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act, there is no age limit.
The benefits for participation in culture, sport and leisure activities can only be claimed up to the age of 18. Trainees who receive a training allowance do not receive any benefits from the education package.

You will receive the benefits from the educational package from the office that has already approved the social benefits or from which you have already applied for benefits.

• Recipients of citizen’s allowance at the job center
• Recipients of housing benefit and child supplement at the housing benefit office
• Recipients of social assistance at the social welfare office
• Recipients of benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act at the State Office for Refugee Affairs

The berlinpass-BuT serves children, adolescents and young adults as proof of entitlement to benefits from the education package.
In order to receive the berlinpass-BuT, a certificate of attendance at a daycare center/childcare contract or school certificate/student ID must be submitted to your benefits office.

Amount of benefit: the costs for lunch at school, day care centre or child day care are covered in full.

Grant: presentation of the BuT berlinpass at the day care centre (for day care children) or at the youth welfare office (for children in child day care) or at the caterer or school.

Please note: since 1 August 2019 every primary school child in Berlin (grades 1 to 6) is entitled to free school lunches. This benefit is provided by the State of Berlin. Since these students do not incur any costs, there is no longer any need for this as part of the services for education and participation.

(e.g., pens, notebooks, watercolours, school bags)

Amount of benefit: You receive an annual lump sum of 174 euros for personal school supplies per child. Part of this is paid in February and part in August. You must submit a school certificate for this.

Application: you will receive the money from your grant office when you present your child’s student ID, a school certificate of enrolment, the letter of admission from the school or the assignment from the education authority.

for achieving essential learning goals, e.g., obtaining a qualification, the transition to upper secondary school, supporting individual language skills

Amount of benefit: assumption of the costs for learning support confirmed as necessary by the school and which is implemented under the responsibility of the school

Grant: presentation of the berlinpass-BuT at school and submission of the completed additional form for supplemental learning support

Amount of benefit: assumption of costs

Grant: presentation of the BuT berlinpass at the day care centre or school; for children in child day care: submission the completed and confirmed verification of the child day care to the grant office for social benefits

Amount of benefit: assumption of costs

Grant: submission to the grant office for social benefits of the completed verification confirmed by the day care centre or school

Amount of benefit: costs of 15 euros per month will be covered up to age 18 for

• Membership in clubs (sports, games, cultural and sociability)
• Music lessons,
• Comparable courses or
• Cultural education activities as well as
• Participation in recreational trips.

• One-time events,
• The “Super holiday pass” from JugendKulturService,
• Group offerings for babies and toddlers (PEKIP courses, group swimming, early musical education, etc.),
• Homework supervision in a group,
• Gym fees and much more.

The focus should be on shared experience.

Grant: an application no longer has to be submitted. The money will be paid out to you directly upon presentation of verification (e.g., membership contract). Depending on the recreational activity, payment is made either monthly or in a lump sum. The actual costs do not matter.

In addition to the one-time or monthly contributions, required

• Equipment or rental fees and
• Travel costs for the participation activity or for recreational trips
  will be assumed. You or your child can also receive up to 15 euros per month for these costs.

Grant: you only have to submit proof of the claim (e.g., proof of purchase for equipment, cost statement for a recreational trip) to your service centre. An application no longer has to be submitted.

The costs are not covered in full. The actual amount depends on a co-payment that is calculated for you by the service centre. You have to pay the co-payment yourself.

In addition, by presenting the BuT berlinpass, you or your children will receive the same discounts for cultural, sports and recreational activities as the berlinpass offers. If you want to use the BuT berlinpass, a passport photo of you or your child in a 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm format must also be submitted to your service centre.

Amount of benefit: assumption of the actual transport costs by the grant office for social benefits

• pupils with a pupil ID card I (general education schools and vocational schools with full-time teaching in tariff zone AB),
• children aged 6 and over who do not yet attend school, and
• children and young people without a school allocation but who are required to attend school, can use the free student ticket for the BVG AB fare zone. The necessary BVG fahrCard can be ordered online at www.BVG.de/schuelerticket.

If you or your child use the ABC fare zone for transportation to school, the actual costs incurred for either the monthly season ticket for trainees/students or the regular monthly season ticket can be reimbursed as part of the benefits for education and participation.

Grant: In order to be able to claim school transport as part of the benefits for education and participation, please present the school certificate/confirmation of admission from the school or educational institution as well as the Berlin-Ticket-S or the travel tickets at your responsible benefits office. The costs will be reimbursed to you.

If you or your child use tariff zone ABC for transport to school, the actual costs incurred can either be reimbursed for the subscription monthly ticket for trainees/students or the regular subscription monthly ticket as part of the education and participation benefits.

Grant: in order to be able to use the school transport within the scope of the services for education and participation, please present to your competent service centre the school certificate of attendance/confirmation of admission from the school or educational institution as well as the Berlin Ticket S or passes. The costs will be reimbursed to you.