Financing options for schools
To make purchasing as easy as possible for schools, we have put together the most important realistic and actually usable financing channels — valid nationwide and tailored to school decision-making structures.
Funding via the Startup Opportunity Program
For participating schools: The Startup Opportunities Program is the largest education program in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. Over ten years, around 4,000 schools across Germany have received additional funding. For schools participating in the program, come two conveyor columns In question:
Pillar I — Investment funds
This money is used to improve the learning environment and school infrastructure.
LOCKSTA is eligible for funding because it:
- eine environment conducive to learning creates
- digital distraction physically limited
- the teaching discipline structurally strengthens
- In school Media and prevention concept Can be embedded
Suitable for:
- major purchases (across years or entire schools)
- durable equipment
- municipal sponsorship projects
Pillar II — Opportunity Budget
Many schools can use the opportunity budget largely self-employed decide.
LOCKSTA fits Pillar II because it:
- Strengthens basic competencies (attention, self-regulation)
- promotes social interaction
- acts preventively against cyberbullying
- Reclaims lesson time
Suitable for:
- class sets
- Grades
- Complementing existing prevention concepts
Funding via the school board (city, district, municipality)
School boards can also provide funding regardless of the start-up opportunity program. LOCKSTA can be divided into the following budget types:
Budget for equipment/school operations
Many municipalities have annual budgets for:
- teaching aids
- Regulatory and security measures
- educational equipment
- Teaching quality measures
LOCKSTA can be classified here as “equipment to ensure trouble-free teaching.”
Media and prevention budgets
More and more municipalities are actively promoting measures to:
- media prevention
- Preventing violence
- Combating cyberbullying
- Strengthening social skills
Since LOCKSTA is technical supporting prevention tool is, it often falls into these funding fields.
Special municipal programs, school development programs
Many cities and districts have their own programs (e.g. “Educational Landscape XY”, “School 2030”, “Digital Agenda”), which can be used directly for purchases.
Financing from the school budget/school budget
Almost every school has its own budget, which is available annually.
Budget for equipment/school operations
This includes:
- School budget in accordance with state law (e.g. in NRW, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, etc.)
- Funds for educational projects
- special school events
- School program funds
- Prevention and funding
- Funds from support associations (parent associations/support associations)
Typical use:
- Purchase for one or more grades
- class sets
- Addition to existing mobile phone regulations
Many school administrators decide on these funds themselves or together with the school conference.
Financing through support associations
Support associations are one of the most flexible routes for schools. You can finance LOCKSTA if:
- the school community supports the concept
- the association provides the funds
- Donations are being raised
advantages:
- Quick, unbureaucratic
- Effective even with small amounts
- Well suited for class sets (e.g. 25-30 cases)
Many schools use this route to create new projects prefinanceuntil the wearer can tighten later.
Funding through parents
In some schools there is also a Parental financing or voluntary cost sharing possible — clearly regulated by law and expressly permitted in many federal states, as long as the following conditions are met:
- voluntariness (no child may be excluded)
- transparency About purpose and use
- Educational rationale (e.g. strengthening the learning environment, prevention, implementation of school regulations)
This option is particularly suitable if the school wants to act at short notice or if there is no access to funding, school board budgets or start-up opportunity funds.
Typical models:
- One-time voluntary collection campaign (e.g. 10—15 € per family)
- Funding via parents' council/parental care
- Combination with Förderverein (Förderverein bears remaining amount)
In practice, this variant works well when the school community clearly supports the concept and a clear educational benefit is communicated.
FUNDING PROGRAMS IN DETAIL
Why LOCKSTA is well suited for funding applications
LOCKSTA is a educationally justifiable, technical measure, which:
Lesson disruptions reduced
Strengthens focus and learning time
Media prevention supported
Reduces conflicts and cyberbullying
Makes school regulations consistently implementable
Relieves teachers
German company - legally secure processes, rapid communication
E-billing & procurement directives compatible - fully compliant with public procurement requirements.
Transparent prices - clear calculation without hidden costs or mixed calculations
Short delivery times - rapid implementation of funded measures
maintenance-free - no follow-up costs or technical dependencies
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