Customer fees in preschool education

Pre-school education is free of charge. If the child also needs early childhood education that supplements pre-school education, the customer fee for that is determined on the same basis as for early childhood education.

Customer fees for early childhood education are based on the Act on customer fees for early childhood education 1503/2016 § 11).

Income that is not taken into account when determining the payment:

• Child benefit
• Benefits according to the Disability Benefits Act (570/2007): child care allowance, disability allowance or pensioner's care allowance
• Child increase according to the National Pension Act (568/2007).
• Children's home care support
• Housing benefit
• Earned income is replaced by reasonable per diems or travel and accommodation allowances
• Medical care and examination expenses paid on the basis of accident insurance
• Military allowance, frontal allowance
• Maternity benefits
• Study allowance, adult education allowance paid by the Employment Fund, housing allowance for study allowance
• Operating allowance and travel allowance to be paid as income support
• Grants and other similar grants for studies
• Maintenance allowance in accordance with the Act on Rehabilitation Benefits and Rehabilitation Cash Benefits of the National Pension Service (566/2005)
• Reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the Act on Public Employment and Business Services (916/2012)
• Reimbursements for the costs of family care

The section of the law is the so-called exclusive, i.e. all other income is taken into account when determining the payment