After the Council had already approved additional funding of 1.7 million euros until the end of the 2023/2024 school year in December 2023, a further 1.47 million euros will be made available for the months of August to December 2024. In a third step, additional funds of just under 5.8 million euros will be announced for the 2025/2026 double budget in order to ensure OGS operations with the proven current scope of services up to and including the 2025/2026 school year. Should the state provide more funds for open all-day schools in the meantime, the city's financial share will be adjusted accordingly in accordance with the council resolution.

"I am grateful that the council has followed the administration's proposal, as on the one hand, parents do not have to fear any cuts in OGS care and on the other hand, the OGS providers have planning security," says Mayor Katja Dörner. At the same time, she is calling on the state of North Rhine-Westphalia "to make an appropriate financial contribution in order to secure all-day care in view of the pay rises". In addition, the state urgently needs to regulate the implementation of the legal entitlement to all-day care for primary school children in order to finally give local authorities a solid basis for planning.

The Bonn City Council will decide at a later date how the OGS operation will be structured financially and in terms of content from the 2026/2027 school year - from this point onwards there will be a legal entitlement to an OGS place. It will await the details announced by the state regarding the future operation of OGS at primary and special schools.