GRANTS FOR STUDENTS

DESCRIPTION: 

The schooling subsidy or base subsidy constitutes a public financing system that is carried out through a monthly payment to the holder of subsidized municipal and private establishments (article 9 of the Subsidies Law).

IMPORTANT

There are different types of subsidies, which are explained below:

1. Boarding School Subsidy:
It is a subsidy that is paid to Educational Establishments, for the accommodation and food of boarding students. It allows educational attention to students with access problems, either due to mobilization or territorial distance.
The unit amount for food and accommodation is set annually by the Ministry of
Education, in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance, by Supreme Decree, and may not be less than 0.1563 USE per day.

2. Pro-Retention Educational Grant:
The State pays an annual amount of between $90,000.- and $215,000.- additional pesos (approximately), to the supporters of subsidized municipal and private establishments that certify having enrolled and retained students who are enrolled between seventh grade and fourth grade or who graduate from this last level and belong to the Chile Solidario Program, according to the results obtained in their Socioeconomic Qualification (RSH), determined by the Ministry of Social Development.
Payment period: between the months of April and June of each year.

3. Educational Reinforcement Subsidy:
It is an amount that is paid to the subsidized Educational Establishments, which carry out reinforcement and support courses for those students who have obtained poor performance, considering preferably those who attend students of greater social risk.
Valid during the second semester of each year.

4. Preferential School Subsidy:
The Preferred School Subsidy (SEP) is an additional subsidy that is delivered to educational establishments that serve priority students and as of 2016 preferential students are incorporated into the SEP. To enter the SEP, the supporters of each educational establishment sign an Agreement on Equal Opportunities and Educational Excellence with the Ministry of Education, through which they undertake to deliver certain benefits to priority students and acquire a series of commitments that aim to improve learning outcomes for all students. For these purposes, the educational establishment receives more resources, and must prepare an educational improvement plan in which it must contain the set of actions that it will carry out during the school period,


5. Annual Subsidy for Maintenance Support:
It is an annual subsidy to support the maintenance of free education establishments and shared financing, whose amount per student is determined according to the level and mode of education, having also added an annual amount per male or female intern served.
The purpose of this subsidy is to support the financing of the expenses incurred in the maintenance of the Educational Establishments, such as the conservation, repair and replacement works necessary for the adequate physical conservation of the premises, their equipment and furniture and other similar, without detriment of the other resources that the holder assigns for these purposes. Establishments that have inpatient services are also entitled to this subsidy.
Payment period, occurs in the months of January of each year and is 100% of the amount, if the establishment serves its students in a day shift and only 50% if the establishment serves more than one day shift or share premises with another establishment.
Additionally, the law establishes for shared financing establishments, a deduction to be applied on this subsidy, equivalent to the percentage of the discount according to the average monthly charge, on the base subsidy received by this establishment the previous year.

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