School children's morning and afternoon activities

The child writes.
Morning and afternoon activities are club activities outside of lessons, which are aimed at pupils entitled to special support in the 1st and 2nd grade of elementary school and other grade levels.

The activity offers schoolchildren versatile opportunities to participate in guided and refreshing activities under the supervision of a professional person suitable for the task. The activity is for a fee and includes, in addition to the guided activity, a snack offered in the afternoon.

The city of Äänekoski organizes afternoon activities for school children at Hietama, Honkola, Koivisto, Konginkanka and Sumiainen schools. In addition, the city organizes morning and afternoon activities for special groups at Koulunmäki and Suolahti unified schools. 

Application for morning and/or afternoon activities in the city of Äänekoski and Koskela 

The Koskelan Settlement Association organizes morning and/or afternoon activities for schoolchildren in Äänekoski's downtown area and afternoon activities in Suolahti.

Read more on the Koskela Settlement website

Action plan for morning and afternoon activities and vacation time care

Koskelan Settlement Association organizes morning and afternoon activities for school children in the center of Äänekoski and afternoon activities in Suolahti.

The city of Äänekoski organizes afternoon activities for school children at Hietama, Honkola, Koivisto, Konginkanka and Sumiainen schools. In addition, the city organizes morning and afternoon activities for special groups at Koulunmäki and Suolahti unified schools. 

As a rule, the city of Äänekoski does not organize morning activities. If the child needs morning activities, it will be arranged as morning care at the kindergarten.

For children in the afternoon activity groups for special children of Koulunmäki and Suolahti unified schools, morning activities are organized in the aforementioned units in such a way that a special support decision is required. Participation in morning activities is decided on a case-by-case basis.

Activities are organized in the afternoons from the end of school until 17.00:XNUMX p.m.

Guardians will be billed for the activity as follows from 1.11.2023 November XNUMX:

Activities Participation 10 days or less / month   Participation 11 days or more / month
Morning and/or afternoon activity (3 h or less) €60/month €120/month
Morning and/or afternoon activity (4h or less)   €80 / month €160 / month
Morning and/or afternoon activities (more than 4 hours per day)  €90 / month €180 / month

At the end of the school year, there is no fee for the activity days that may take place in the middle of June.

If more than one child from the family participates in the activity, the first child will be billed in full and the following children will be charged 50%.

Exemption from paying for morning and afternoon activities

According to Section 28.09.2023 of the Board of Education and Education 54, the income limits of the Early Childhood Education Customer Fees Act are used as criteria for rationalizing payments, which are linked to the number of people in the family and all income.

Guardians apply for a fee exemption using a form that can be filled out and printed from the link below (no electronic application).

Application for exemption from payment for morning and afternoon activities

The fee reduction is taken into account from the beginning of the month in which the application and attachments have been submitted to the education office.

Applications without attachments will not be processed.

Fee reduction limits for morning and afternoon activities in basic education from August 1.8.2024, XNUMX

Family size
Customer fee -100% (gross limit €/month)
2
4 066 €
3
5 245 €
4
5 956 €
 5 6 667 €
 6 7 376 €

When the family size is more than 6, 275 euros are added to the minimum family income limits. For example, if there are 8 people in the family, 2x275 euros are added, i.e. 550 euros.

Payment exemption is granted if the family's income falls below the income limit for free day care or the family receives income support or with a statement from a child welfare/social worker.

The size of the family takes into account married and common-law partners living in a joint household, as well as the children of both under the age of 18 living in the same household with them. If necessary, the information is checked from the population information system.

If there are significant changes in the family's income (+/- 10%) or the size of the family, the notification of changes with new attachments must be submitted immediately to the persons responsible for invoicing. As a general rule, the payment is reviewed from the beginning of the month following the change.

When exempting the customer fee, the taxable earnings and capital income and the tax-exempt income of a child, parent or other guardian living in the same household, as well as a person living in a joint household with him or her in a marriage or marital-like circumstances, are taken into account as income. If the monthly income varies, the average monthly income of the last year is taken into account as the monthly income. As taxable income, the corresponding taxable income confirmed in the most recently submitted taxation can also be taken into account, increased by the percentages that the Tax Administration confirms annually in its decisions on the basis for calculating advance collection.

About 5 percent of vacation pay is added to salary income.

Income does not take into account child allowance, benefit according to the Act on Disability Benefits (570/2007), child increase according to the National Pension Act (568/2007), housing allowance, medical and research expenses based on accident insurance, military allowance, frontal allowance, study allowance, adult education allowance, housing allowance for study allowance, operating allowance paid as subsistence allowance and travel allowance, maintenance allowance according to the Act on Rehabilitation Benefits and Rehabilitation Cash Benefits of the National Pension Service (556/2005), expense allowance according to the Act on Public Labor and Business Services (916/2012), grants and other similar grants for studies, reimbursement of family care costs and no home care support for children.

As a reduction of income, the alimony paid and other similar costs arising from de facto family relationships are taken into account, as well as the cash benefit withheld for a fixed period of time or for a lifetime in connection with the transfer of the real estate (attribution).

Required attachments:

Salary statement or employer's salary certificate. A holiday allowance of 5% is added to the monthly income, unless the customer provides a receipt that shows a percentage of the holiday allowance of a different amount or proof that the employer does not pay holiday allowance at all. If the account tape or salary slip is not available (new employment), an estimate of the monthly income is provided. When using assessment data, income data must be submitted afterwards.

If the monthly income varies from month to month, the salary certificate must be from the last year's income.

A copy of the labor market support decision, daily allowance and/or pension decision.

Decision on the child's pension, broken down for each child in the afternoon activity.

A copy of the contract or a receipt for the child support received, itemized for each child in the afternoon activity.

Certificate of research and art grants or scholarships.

Proof of other income and benefits affecting the afternoon activity fee.

A copy of the contract or a receipt for the paid child support or child support.

Proof of flexible care allowance.

From the student, a student certificate and a certificate of study allowance, as well as a certificate of salary income during studies.

A reliable statement based on accounting from the last financial year, a profit and loss statement and a balance sheet, a tax certificate from the last confirmed taxation, an advance tax calculation for the current year and a YEL decision must be presented for business, professional and farm income. The starting entrepreneur must submit a possible start-up money decision and an estimate of business income. A salary certificate, a statement of capital income (dividend income) and fringe benefits must be submitted for business activities in the form of a limited company. The income statement is a certificate of the entrepreneur's monthly income given by the accountant. Agricultural and forestry entrepreneurs submit a tax certificate for the most recently confirmed taxation.

The decision to remove the customer fee is made by the director of education and training.

Taking absences into account in school children's morning and afternoon activity fees:

  • If the student is absent for 11 days a month or more due to illness, half of the monthly fee will be charged.
  • If the student is absent for the entire month due to illness, no fee is charged at all.
  • If the student is absent for another reason for the entire month, half of the fee will be charged.

Dismissal from morning and/or afternoon activities:

Termination of the operation of the city offices is notified by Wilma message to the education office to Maarit Saranpää. Termination of the operation of Koskela's locations will be notified to the instructor at Koskela.
A decision on dismissal is made.

Contact information:

Coordinator of morning and afternoon activities
Sari Valtonen, vice principal of Suolahti Unified School
0400 274 433
sari.valtonen@aanekoski.fi

Billing
Office secretary Maarit Saranpää
tel. 0400 115 661
maarit.saranpaa@aanekoski.fi

Koulunmäki school
Afternoon activities for special children at Koulunmäki Unified School, 040 532 2650
Afternoon activities for special children at Suolahti Unified School, 0400 115 413

Koskelan Settlement Association

www.koskelansetlementti.net

Paper application forms can be picked up at ap and ip offices.
Äänekoski office, tel. 040 356 8156
Suolahti office, tel. 040 751 0042

Basic education and schools