Overview
- Frankfurt's plan, presented Sunday, sets full-day care from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with teaching, lunch and activities, and it assigns shared duty to schools and providers until 2:30 p.m.
- Families will pay income-based fees capped at about €118 per month, lunch costs €3 per day, and low-income households can get full support.
- Children already in third or fourth grade keep free care for the rest of primary school under a grandfather rule.
- The rollout begins in summer 2026 for first graders with a goal of full coverage by 2029, and the city says no child who needs a place will be left without one.
- At Liesel-Oestreicher primary in Preungesheim, 225 of 365 pupils already join 35 clubs and care run by a 17-person team, showing what a well-prepared site can offer.