FINANCING

Early Intervention
There are 3 services of early intervention in Luxembourg:

- the « Service de Rééducation Précoce »
- the service « Hellef fir de Puppelchen »
which are both financed by the Ministry of Health
- the “Service d’Intervention Précoce Orthopédagogique”
      which is financed by the Ministry of Family

Early intervention is free of charges for families.

Early Childhood Education
Early childhood education is offered by public institutions and is free of charges.

Compulsory School
Public education is free of charge. The costs are paid by the public budget.

Primary education:
Municipal authorities pay books and all other equipment.
The act of 14 July 1986 provides for payment of an allowance for school children.
School transports are free of charge.
The budget of pre-primary and primary education is covered by the Ministry of Education and by the municipalities.

Post-primary education:
The Ministry of Education grants pupils and students financial assistance, which is based on social criteria and on the pupil’s results at school.
The budget and the administration of post-primary education are under the competence of National Education.

Special Needs Education
Special education is organised and managed by the Ministry of Education (service of special education) and is free of charge. The government provides the equipment and the didactic material and organises the school transport.

Financial Help for Families with Children with Special Needs

Additional Child Benefit
Each child younger than 18 years, who has a handicap of at least 50% of his/her physical or mental abilities, is entitled to get this special allocation. This additional benefit continues for every person who is unable to cover his/her needs and who doesn’t get the RMG (minimal guarantied salary) or doesn’t have a salary.

Educational Benefit
For each child getting the additional child benefit, the educational allocation to the parents is maintained until the child is 4 years old, instead of 2.

Dependence Insurance
The dependence insurance finances help and care for persons who are dependant in the following fields:
- assistance in basic acts of life
- assistance in domestic tasks
- support activities
- advices
- products necessary for assistance and care
- technical aids
- adaptation of accommodation

A person is considered as dependant if he/she, because of a disease or a physical, psychical or mental handicap, needs regularly help of someone else for the basic acts of living. To specify the degree of dependence of children, the additional needs compared to children of the same age are considered.