Overview
- The state will add €600,000 in funding each year until 2031 for roughly 70 publicly supported music schools.
- For 2025 there is a one-time €600,000 payment intended to cushion possible cost increases linked to the Herrenberg ruling on freelance teachers.
- A new model replaces volume metrics with an 18-question appraisal covering governance, financing, equipment, internal organization, cooperation, projects and personnel.
- The ministry guarantees that no school will receive less than its 2024 subsidy level during the transition to the new system.
- The Verband deutscher Musikschulen in Hessen welcomed the change as a sign of reliability, highlighting benefits for financially weaker rural regions.