Who can receive a special grants for disabled persons? Based on what documents?

Special grants for disabled persons may be applied for by any student (both full-time and part-time) who holds:

  • a disability certificate, or
  • a disability degree certificate (mild degree, moderate degree, severe degree), or
  • a certificate referred to in Article 5 and in Article 62 of the Act of 27 August 1997 on professional and social rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland of 2024, item 44, as amended)

Other conditions that a student must meet to receive any scholarships - here

The application must be accompanied by a current document confirming disability, issued by a Polish adjudicating authority, e.g., a disability certificate issued by a Powiatowy lub Miejski Zespół ds. Orzekania o Niepełnosprawności.  

If the validity date of the certificate that appears on the document has already passed, but the certificate is still valid under the provisions of Article 6bb of the Law of August 27, 1997 on professional and social rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland of 2024, item 44, as amended

 - a certificate confirming the submission to the Powiatowy lub Miejski Zespół ds. Orzekania o Niepełnosprawności of an application for a new certificate and specifying the validity date of the existing certificate must also be attached to the scholarship application.

Art. 6bb. Paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Act of August 27, 1997 on professional and social rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland of 2024, item 44, as amended):

(1) If an application for a subsequent certificate of disability or degree of disability has been filed during the period of validity of the certificate establishing disability or the certificate establishing the degree of disability, respectively, it shall remain valid until the date of issuance of the next final certificate, but no longer than until the last day of the sixth month following the date determining such validity.

(3) Upon receipt of the application referred to in paragraph (1), the chairman of the district team shall immediately issue a certificate confirming the filing of this application and specifying the validity date of the existing certificate of disability or degree of disability.

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