Financing - Portugal

Financial Support for Pupils’ Families

The criteria for financial support for pupils with special educational needs, which indirectly benefits their families, ensure the attendance and the conclusion of compulsory education.

The attribution of funds for the acquisition and/or the maintenance of technical assistance necessary to ensure the right conditions for access to the curriculum are also considered.

Specific legislation establishes the maximum amounts and the regulations of the monthly payments by co-operatives and education and special teaching associations, as well as for-profit-education and special teaching establishments, overseen by the Ministry of Education, whose fees are reviewed annually (Ordinance No. 171/07 and Ordinance No. 172/07, 6th February). The financial contribution that families make to special education for children and young people, to determine the special education subsidies from social security, is also established annually via specific legislation.

Ordinance No. 171/07
Ordinance No. 172/07