Commonwealth of Australia
Higher
Education Support Act 2003
COMMONWEALTH
SCHOLARSHIPS GUIDELINES (EDUCATION) 2010
I, JULIA GILLARD, Minister for
Education, pursuant to section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act
2003 (‘the Act’) make the attached amendment to the Commonwealth
Scholarships Guidelines (Education) 2010 (DEEWR) dated 14 March 2010 (see F2010L00696),
which were registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments on
17 March 2010 and commenced on 18 March 2010, and which provide for
matters under Part 2-4 of the Act.
Dated: 16th day
of June 2010
_________________________________________
JULIA GILLARD
Minister for Education
Commonwealth of Australia
Higher
Education Support Act 2003
COMMONWEALTH
SCHOLARSHIPS GUIDELINES (EDUCATION) 2010
Amendment No. 1
1 CITATION
This legislative
instrument may be cited as Amendment No. 1 to the Commonwealth Scholarships
Guidelines (Education) 2010.
2 AUTHORITY
This legislative
instrument is made under section 238‑10 of the Higher Education
Support Act 2003 for the purposes of Part 2‑4 of the Act.
3 DATE
OF EFFECT
This legislative
instrument takes effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal
Register of Legislative Instruments.
4 AMENDMENT
This legislative
instrument amends the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Education) 2010 dated 14 March 2010 (see F2010L00696), which were registered on the
Federal Register of Legislative Instruments on 17 March 2010 and commenced on
18 March 2010.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this legislative
instrument is to amend the Commonwealth
Scholarships Guidelines (Education) 2010 (DEEWR) to insert additional
guidance to higher education providers on the ongoing eligibility requirements
that a student must maintain in order to continue to receive a CAS-Ordinary,
CAS-Associate Degrees and CAS-Indigenous Enabling and to update the mechanism
used to determine what are remote areas using 2006 census data.
Other minor consequential
amendments have been made following the implementation of the Relocation
Scholarships and Student Start Up Scholarships by Centrelink from 1 April 2010.
The Commonwealth Scholarships
Guidelines (Education) 2010 are amended as follows:
ITEM 1 - Section 1.1 Purpose
(at the end of first paragraph)
Insert: :
These Guidelines do not address
matters pertaining to the administration and qualification requirements for the
Student Start Up Scholarships or Relocation Scholarships. For information on
those Scholarships, providers and students should contact Centrelink.
ITEM 2 - Subsection 1.5.5
Delete definition ASGC
Remoteness Areas and substitute ASGC-RA.
ASGC-RA means
the Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Areas, a
geographic classification system developed in 2001 by the Australian Bureau of
Statistics (ABS), as a statistical geography structure which allows
quantitative comparisons between 'city' and 'country' Australia. The ASGC-RA
classifies data from census Collection Districts (CDs) into broad geographical
categories, called Remoteness Areas (RAs). From 2010, this mechanism will be
used only for scholarships provided under Part A of these Guidelines.
ITEM 3 - Paragraph 2.10.15(1)
Delete and substitute:
In determining a student’s
eligibility for an Indigenous-CAS or an Indigenous Enabling-CAS,
the provider must determine whether the student has lived in a regional or
remote area consistent with paragraph 2.10.15(2)(a) below.
Providers must be guided
by the ASGC RA. Providers may use the following link to assist in determining
a student’s eligibility: http://www.doctorconnect.gov.au/. The
Remote Areas (RA) classifications are:
RA1 - Major Cities of Australia
RA2 - Inner Regional Australia
RA3 - Outer Regional Australia
RA4 - Remote Australia
RA5 - Very Remote Australia
A provider must deem a
student ineligible if they come from a locality belonging to the RA1
classification. The remaining classifications would assist providers in
assessing students’ eligibility for an Indigenous-CAS or an
Indigenous Enabling-CAS.
ITEM 3 – Paragraph 2.10.1 (1) – (4)
Delete and Substitute
(1) A student is not eligible
for an Indigenous-CECS if they have already received a CECS- Ordinary
in previous years for the maximum duration of eight scholarship periods.
(2) A student is not eligible
for an Indigenous Enabling-CECS if they have already received a
scholarship for the same purpose in previous years for the maximum duration of
two scholarship periods.
(3) A student is not eligible
for an Indigenous-CAS if they have already received a CAS-Ordinary
in previous years for the maximum duration of eight scholarship periods.
(4) A student is not eligible
for an Indigenous Enabling-CAS if they have already received a
scholarship for the same purpose in previous years for the maximum duration of
two scholarship periods.
ITEM 4 - At the beginning of before
paragraph 2.15.5 (3)
Insert:
Where
students are eligible, and subject to availability, a
ITEM 5 - Paragraph 2.15.5(5)
Delete and substitute:
An applicant eligible for an IAS may be eligible for a
Student Start Up Scholarship and/or a Relocation Scholarship.
ITEM 6 - Paragraph 2.15.5(13)
Delete and substitute:
Prior to awarding any Commonwealth Scholarship, providers
may seek written confirmation from a student that he or she is not in receipt
of either a Relocation and/or a Student Start Up Scholarship.
ITEM 7 - Paragraph 2.15.5(15)
Delete and substitute:
A provider
must make sufficient information available to students to assist students to
compare the IAS, Indigenous-CECS, Indigenous Enabling- CECS, Indigenous-CAS,
and Indigenous Enabling CAS with the Relocation Scholarship and the Student
Start-up Scholarship. This information must be in such a form that a
student can determine which scholarships are of the most benefit according to
the student’s particular circumstances.
ITEM 8 – Paragraph 2.15.10(7)
Delete and substitute:
Providers
may offer scholarships mid year where such scholarships can be supported under
their CS allocation. Before finalising the offer of a CS, the
provider must advise the student that a mid-year offer of a CS may
affect any Student Start Up and/or Relocation Scholarship/s that the student is
receiving.
ITEM 9 – Paragraphs 2.20(8)
and (9)
Delete and substitute:
(8) Prior to payment of an Indigenous-CECS
or Indigenous Enabling-CECS, the student must sign a declaration stating
that he or she has not accepted a Student Start Up Scholarship.
Where a student has received or remains qualified for a Student Start Up
Scholarship, a payment of an Indigenous- CECS or Indigenous
Enabling-CECS to the student cannot be made.
(9) Prior to payment of an Indigenous-CAS
or Indigenous Enabling-CAS, the student must sign a declaration stating
that he or she has not accepted a Relocation Scholarship. Where a
student has received or remains qualified for a Relocation Scholarship,
a payment of an Indigenous- CAS or Indigenous Enabling-CAS to the
student cannot be made.
ITEM 10 - After paragraph
2.50.1(8)
Insert paragraph 2.50.1(9)
Additional eligibility Requirements for CAS-Ordinary,
CAS-Specialist, CAS-Associate Degrees
(9) The
student must continue to be enrolled as an internal student in units of study
that form part of the course of study the student is undertaking, and in
addition, the student can demonstrate the need to move in accordance with
paragraph 2.50.10 (2) and/or there are limitations on the student’s mobility
due to disability and/or carer responsibilities
.