Gifts and donations
Regulation F-14-03 from the Ministry of Education states; "Section 2-15 of the Education Act does not prevent schools from accepting various forms of gifts (cash gifts, funds from voluntary efforts and class funds, equipment, etc.) whether this is from business, parents, friends' associations or others.
To ensure that gifts and other contributions do not conflict with the right to free primary school education, the following applies:
•Gifts and other contributions must be genuinely voluntary. Neither students nor parents must feel pressured to contribute financially.
•No demand can be made for compensation, for example in the form of advertising.
•Gifts and other contributions must be used so that they benefit the whole group/class or several. All students in the group/class must be allowed to participate in the same activities, regardless of whether their parents have given gifts/other contributions to the school or not.
The legislation adopted on 11.6.19
After the parlament's second hearing of the matter on 11 June, the government's proposal has been adopted:
§ 13-7 b Obligation for the municipality to offer camp school stays or other school trips. As part of primary school education, the municipality must offer pupils a camp school stay or another school trip
with at least three consecutive overnight stays.