Homework, language and learning support – apply for a grant for measures to support school education
The state supports language support measures in the form of school-based homework, language and learning support (HSL). Funding is provided for out-of-school and out-of-lesson programmes for pupils in need of additional support, particularly those from migrant backgrounds. The funding focuses on primary school pupils, pupils in Years 5 and 6 (excluding grammar schools), pupils in preparatory courses and classes, as well as children and young people of compulsory school age who have moved to Germany from abroad (so-called ‘late starters’). The measures are intended to strengthen integration into the German school system.
Responsible authority
Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Development Bank (L-Bank)
Details
Prerequisite
- Implementation of a language support programme as part of extracurricular and out-of-lesson school-based HSL for pupils requiring additional support, in particular those from migrant backgrounds. Homework supervision or private tuition alone, without language skills support, is excluded from funding.
- Support groups comprising three to five pupils eligible for support, who generally attend the same school; the minimum group size is two pupils in the case of latecomers.
- Pupils in Years 5 and 6
- at the Hauptschule,
- the Werkrealschule,
- the Realschule,
- the integrated school
- special educational and advisory centres offering the relevant educational pathways
- special educational and counselling centres with a focus on special needs support or the ‘Learning’ programme
- as well as pupils in other year groups up to and including Year 10, provided they have been admitted to a preparatory class or a preparatory course, or are so-called ‘lateral entrants’ of compulsory school age who have moved to the country from abroad. Pupils from other types of school may be supported, provided they are ‘lateral entrants’.
- The support
- usually takes place on the school premises.
- is to be carried out in German.
- takes into account the curriculum as well as the pupil’s specific language support needs.
- The support comprises at least 80 hours. Support programmes of a shorter duration may only receive funding in exceptional cases, provided that the support could not be provided throughout the entire school year for compelling reasons. Support programmes of fewer than 27 hours cannot be funded.
- Eligible legal entities and individuals may receive funding.
- Compliance with application deadlines
- The grant from the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs is awarded as a fixed sum for support groups. A support programme generally comprises at least 80 hours. Smaller support programmes may only receive funding in exceptional cases, provided that the support could not be provided throughout the entire school year for compelling reasons.
- The grant amount is tiered according to the scope of the programme:
- EUR 350.00 per support programme lasting between 27 and 53 hours
- EUR 700.00 per support programme lasting between 54 and 79 hours,
- EUR 850.00 per support measure lasting between 80 and 119 hours,
- EUR 1,000 per support measure lasting more than 119 hours.
- Funding for projects lasting fewer than 27 hours is not available, not even on a pro rata basis. The actual amount of funding depends on the budgetary resources available and the volume of applications, and will be calculated after the application deadline has passed.
- Please refer to the administrative regulation ‘HSL Guideline’ (in its current version) when submitting your application.
Procedure
If you are a local authority, a non-governmental organisation or a private individual, you must apply for funding from the relevant authority. Please use the form and supporting documents available for download from the L-Bank.
You will receive a notification from the L-Bank regarding the approval or rejection of your funding application.
The L-Bank will pay out the grants on 1 February of the approval period at the earliest. In cases where a group is formed retrospectively, the L-Bank will pay out the grants on 1 May of the approval period at the earliest.
To prove that the grant has been used for its intended purpose, you must submit a statement of expenditure to the L-Bank within the applicable deadline. Please refer to the template provided by the L-Bank for this purpose.
Deadlines
Standard application deadline: 30 November for the current school year
Deadline for supplementary applications (for group formation until 1 February): 1 March for the current school year
Submission of the statement of expenditure: 31 January of the following year
The funding period is the respective school year. The school year begins on 1 August of a given year and ends on 31 July of the following year.
Required documents
- HSL Application Form
- Appendix: Support Group
- Appendix: School Confirmation
Costs
none
Miscellaneous
You can contact the L-Bank’s HSL helpline on
- Telephone: 0721 150-3063
- Fax: 0721 150-773063
- hsl@l-bank.de
Detailed information
- Formulare und Unterlagen zur Förderung von HSL-Maßnahmen
- Alle Formular stehen auf den Online-Seiten der zuständigen Stelle (L-Bank) im Download-Bereich zur Verfügung.
Legal basis
Verwaltungsvorschrift des Kultusministeriums über Zuwendungen zur Förderung von Maßnahmen der außerschulischen und außerunterrichtlichen (schulbegleitenden) Hausaufgaben-, Sprach- und Lernhilfe (HSL-Richtlinie)
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg, 10.09.2026