Reimbursement of travel costs to and from school

If you have any further questions, please send us an e-mail.

Please always include your child's first name, surname, date of birth and the school attended in your e-mail.

For grades 1 to 10 , if the above-mentioned requirements are met, no documents are required for the application.

From year 11 onwards, pupils are still entitled to free travel to school within the meaning of the law if, in addition to the general requirements for travelling to school, one of the following documents is submitted with the application:

• Proof of receipt of child benefit in accordance with the Federal Child Benefit Act (BKKG) for three or more children (as of August before the start of school)
  
• Proof of receipt of benefits according to the German Social Code (SGB II, XII or BuT), as of August before the start of school
• Proof of receipt of benefits in accordance with the Asylum Act

Regardless of the distance to school, pupils may be entitled to free transport to school if they can provide one of the following proofs

• Need for transport due to a recognised disability
  
• Proof of non-admission or confirmation of overcrowding
• Assignment by the ministerial representative

All required proof can be submitted via the upload when submitting the application.

In principle, you will only be reimbursed for the travel costs incurred if you are authorised to travel to school free of charge. The pro rata costs of the 365-euro ticket (36.50 euros per month of entitlement) will be reimbursed - from the start of entitlement until the start of validity of the free ticket.

If you have purchased a ticket or season ticket privately in advance, you can usually cancel it with a special right of cancellation vis-à-vis MVG with reference to the approval of the free travel to school.

Please note: If the application is rejected, the costs will not be reimbursed and there is no special right of cancellation for privately purchased tickets.

Note: It may be advisable to buy a 49-euro ticket in order to benefit from cancellation conditions - regardless of whether the free travel to school is approved.

Reimbursement of travel costs for the previous school year is only possible from year 11 onwards. The deadline for this ends in October of the following school year.

No. You do not have to submit any tickets, as the travel costs incurred will be reimbursed as a lump sum if your application is approved.

Please note: If the application is rejected, the costs will not be reimbursed and there is no special right of cancellation for privately purchased tickets.

You will receive the notification by post. If you have agreed in the application that the notification may be sent electronically, you will receive the letter of authorisation by email if the free travel to school is approved.

The ticket can be collected by your child from the school office and is ready for collection at the latest on the last day of school before the ticket becomes valid.

Since the 2023/2024 school year, the family contribution limit has been 320 euros per pupil or 490 euros per family and school year. Reimbursement is made for the total costs of transport incurred and to be recognised in a school year that exceed these amounts. The prerequisite is that the nearest public and state-recognised school is attended and the shortest possible route to school is longer than 3 kilometres.

Please submit an application for reimbursement and upload the supporting documents. This can be submitted by 31 October at the latest for the previous school year.