Benefits for participation in education
Integration assistance benefits meant to enable schooling and school or university education, for example guidance and support at school.
- Also called
- participation in education, section 112 SGB IX, help with schooling
Benefits for participation in education comprise help with schooling, in particular within general compulsory schooling and for attending secondary schools, as well as help with school or university education or training for a profession. They include curative education and other measures if these are necessary and suitable to enable or facilitate school attendance. [1] The guidance and support needed at school because of the disability can be provided to several people entitled to benefits together, as far as this is reasonable. [1] This includes the school support worker. What it looks like in everyday school life is explained in the article School support workers in everyday school life. Whether and how a state organises school support can differ.
Legal status: 08.10.2026. This is not legal advice; in an individual case, advice centres or specialist lawyers for social law can help.
Sources and literature
- § 112 SGB IX – Leistungen zur Teilhabe an Bildung (Abs. 1, Abs. 4). https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__112.html. SGB IX zuletzt geändert 16.01.2026.
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