FOR PARENTS · EDUCATION
Children with special educational needs
The school and vocational orientation certificate opens the child’s access to support at school and to financial rights: the daily food allowance and money for supplies, clothing and transport.
IN BRIEF
What you need to know in ten seconds
Who issues the certificate
County Centres for Educational Resources and Assistance (CJRAE), on request.
Where you claim the financial rights
At the school where the child is enrolled.
When you file the application
Between 1 and 30 September of each school year.
Your duty
If you transfer the child to another school, in another town or county, you must notify the school and vocational assessment and orientation service.
THE CERTIFICATE
Which documents you need
To obtain the school and vocational orientation certificate, the file is submitted to CJRAE.
The application and identity documents
- Cardboard folder with a spine
- Standard application (annex 1)
- Copy of the child’s or pupil’s identity documents — birth certificate or ID card
- Copies of the parents’ or legal representative’s identity documents
- Copy of the document proving that the person filing the application is the child’s legal representative — court ruling, child protection commission decision
The social inquiry
- Social inquiry from SPAS or DGASPC
- Environmental factors — annex to the social inquiry for children with disabilities and/or special educational needs (annex 2)
Medical documents
- Summary medical form — completed by the family doctor and stamped (annex 3)
- Type A5 medical certificate from the specialist — includes the full diagnosis, associated conditions and the ICD-10 disease code. Validity cannot be shorter than 3 months or longer than 4 years
- Copy of the disability classification certificate, if applicable
Assessments
- Psychological assessment form — completed by the clinical psychologist (annex 4)
- Psychopedagogical form — completed by the educator-childcare worker, preschool or primary teacher, form teacher, school counsellor or itinerant support teacher; registered, signed and stamped by the school principal (annex 5)
School documents
- Pupil certificate or transcript confirming pupil or graduate status. For high school or vocational school, the pathway, profile, field and specialisation are stated
- The last school and vocational orientation certificate, if applicable
- Other documents in copy: placement order, court judgment, proof of professional foster carer status, for grandparents, aunts and other relatives who have the child in their care
FINANCIAL RIGHTS
What a child with SEN receives
Children with special educational needs receive the daily food allowance and the allowance for school supplies, kit, clothing and footwear.
Daily food allowance
It is granted monthly, according to the number of school days and school attendance, regardless of how many lesson hours a day the child attends, for as long as the school and vocational guidance certificate is valid.
- It is not granted for days of unexcused absence, for Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, or during school holidays
- Children with SEN who are home-schooled and/or admitted to healthcare facilities are exempt from the school-attendance requirement
Kit allowance
A fixed cash amount for clothing, footwear, hygiene products, stationery and textbooks, toys, transport and cultural and sports materials.
Amount of the entitlements
The figures below are for the 2022–2023 school year, as they appear in our materials. They are updated periodically, so check the amounts currently in force at the school.
33 lei
Minimum daily food allowance for the 2022–2023 school year.
580 lei
Annual kit for children from 0 to 2 years inclusive.
789 lei
From 3 to 6 years inclusive.
968 lei
From 7 to 13 years inclusive.
1.195 lei
From 14 to 17 years inclusive.
1.338 lei
From 18 to 26 years inclusive, and for a mother in a maternal centre.
In the 2022–2023 school year these entitlements were increased by 50% and extended to all children with SEN, including those without a special protection measure — in kindergartens, schools and high schools, mainstream and special education, public or private.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR ENTITLEMENTS
Application and payment
The application, between 1 and 30 September
The entitlements are granted on the basis of a written application, submitted to the school where the child with SEN is enrolled, between 1–30 September of each school year, by the adult beneficiary, a parent or another legal representative. It must be accompanied by copies of the following documents:
- The beneficiary’s birth certificate
- The beneficiary’s identity document, where applicable
- The identity document of the parent or legal representative
- The school and vocational guidance certificate issued by CJRAE or CMBRAE
- A sworn statement that the beneficiary does not receive the same entitlements as a result of a special protection measure
- A sworn statement that the allowances will be used only for this purpose
When they are paid
The daily food allowance is paid in the first 10 working days of the month, for the previous month or months, depending on school days and recorded attendance.
The other entitlements are paid in two instalments: the first in April–June, for the first calendar semester, the second in October–November, for the second semester.
Need help?
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