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These Guidelines set the practical mechanics for Commonwealth grant payments to higher‑education providers: who may be paid, how payments are calculated (regional, medical and enabling loadings; funding‑cluster classification; advances; Facilitation Funding), and the data and indexation rules used. They name specific non‑Table A providers and link payments to HESC/HEIMS data and Ministerial decisions. That matters because the Guidelines fix funding shares, eligibility thresholds and reporting obligations while leaving some repayment and advance decisions to ministerial discretion (see 2.1.1; 4.25; 7.5; 8.5; 9.10).
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Part 1
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTERPRETATION
1.1 INTERPRETATION
1.1.1 Unless the contrary intention appears, the terms within the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2012 have the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’).
1.5 DEFINITIONS
1.5 DEFINITIONS
1.5.1 In these Guidelines, unless the contrary intention appears:
ASGC Remoteness Structure means the Australian Standard Geographical Classification
(ASGC) Remoteness Structure published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
ASGS Remoteness Structure means the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Remoteness Structure published by the ABS which replaces the ASGC Remoteness Structure from December 2012
campus ‘based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, campus means the physical location at which a provider delivers a unit of study. For on-line/ distance education courses or where studies require attendance at locations such as a health centre, teaching hospital or agricultural farm, the campus is the location from which the course is administered.
Department means the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
external based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, external means a mode of attendance for a unit of study whereby the provider delivers the course materials to the student and the student is not required to attend classes on campus on a regular basis.
EFTSL An EFTSL is an equivalent full-time student load for a year. It is a measure, in respect of a course of study, of the study load for a year of a student undertaking that course of study on a full‑time basis.
headquarters is a provider’s campus location which has the largest internal and multi-modal EFTSL of Commonwealth supported students
HESC means the Higher Education Student Collection which is a component of the Higher Education Statistics Collection required under subsection 19-70(1) of the Act
HEIMS means the Higher Education Information Management System
internal based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, internal means a mode of attendance for a unit of study whereby the student must attend classes at the provider’s facilities on a regular basis
multi-modal based on HEIMSHELP Glossary,
multi-modal means a mode of attendance for a unit of study that is undertaken partially in an internal mode of attendance and partially in an external mode
provider means Higher Education Provider
1.5.5 Any reference to a part, division or section of the Act is a reference to that part, division or section as in force from time to time.
1.5.10 Terms used in Chapter 4 of these Guidelines that are in italics have the meaning as stated in paragraph 1.5.1 of these Guidelines.
2.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify providers other than Table A providers that can be paid grants under Part 2-2 of the Act.
2.5 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (section 30-1)
2.5 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (section 30-1)
2.5.1 The following providers are specified as higher education providers that can be paid grants under Part 2-2 of the Act:
a) Avondale University College Ltd trading as Avondale University College
b) The University of Notre Dame Australia trading as University of Notre Dame Australia
c) Bond University Ltd
d) University of Divinity trading as MCD University of Divinity
e) Tabor College Inc trading as Tabor Adelaide
f) Eastern College Australia Inc
g) Christian Heritage College
h) Holmesglen Institute trading as Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
i) Melbourne Polytechnic
j) Alphacrucis College Ltd
k) Australian College of Nursing Ltd
l) ACPE Ltd trading as The Australian College of Physical Education
m) Box Hill Institute
n) Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health
o) Engineering Institute of Technology Pty Ltd
p) Excelsia College
q) Queensland Institute of Business & Technology Pty Ltd trading as Griffith College
r) Health Education and Training Institute
s) Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd trading as La Trobe College Australia
t) Marcus Oldham College
u) Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd trading as Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology
v) SAE Institute Pty Ltd
w) Technical and Further Education Commission trading as TAFE NSW
x) TAFE Queensland
y) UOWC Ltd trading as UOW College Australia
CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES
CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES
3.1 PURPOSE
3.1 PURPOSE
3.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify outcomes in the provision of higher education as national priorities under section 30-20 of the Act.
3.5 NATIONAL PRIORITIES (section 30-20)
3.5 NATIONAL PRIORITIES (section 30-20)
3.5.1 The following outcomes are national priorities:
a) increasing the number of persons undertaking Teaching and Nursing courses of study;
b) supporting a number of persons undertaking Natural and Physical Sciences, Information Technology, Health, Education and Society and Culture courses of study at the University of Notre Dame Australia;
c) supporting a number of Indigenous students undertaking courses of study at the University of Notre Dame Australia;
d) in 2020 only, providing retraining and upskilling opportunities in the following areas of study: Education, Nursing, Psychology, English, Mathematical Sciences, Languages, Agriculture, Allied Health, Other Health, Counselling, Information Technology, Architecture and Building, Science, Engineering and Related Technologies, Medical Science, Environmental Studies.
4.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify how the amount of regional loading payable to a provider under section 33-1(1)(b)(i) of the Act is calculated from 2012.
4.5 OBJECTIVE OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.5 OBJECTIVE OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.5.1 Regional loading provides additional funding under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme (CGS) to help providers offset the disparity in costs and revenue of regional campuses in comparison with major city campuses.
4.10 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING FROM 2012
4.10 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING FROM 2012
4.10.1 Regional loading payments to eligible providers are made in respect of a calendar year.
4.10.5 The total amount of regional loading available to all eligible providers in each year is fixed. In the 2012 calendar year, the total amount of regional loading is $63,559,565. The total amount of regional loading in later years is the total amount of regional loading in 2012 indexed in accordance with the method set out in Part 5-6 of the Act. For individual eligible providers, the amount of regional loading will be calculated in accordance with the formula set out in section 4.25 below.
4.15 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.15 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.15.1 A provider is eligible for regional loading if it is a Table A or Table B provider under section 16-15 of the Act.
4.15.3 A campus is eligible for regional loading if the average student load for the campus is a minimum of fifty (50) internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student EFTSL.
4.15.5 For the purposes of regional loading, Commonwealth supported student load at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will be considered as Commonwealth supported student load at Charles Darwin University.
Average student load
4.15.10 The amount of regional loading for each eligible provider will be calculated using the most recent Commonwealth supported student load data for the reporting years as verified by the provider through the HESC and accepted by the Department.
4.15.15 The average student load for the purposes of regional loading is the EFTSL of the Commonwealth supported student load averaged over the most recent three years for which HESC full year student load data is available.
4.15.20 The calculation of average student load will be updated annually as new HESC full year student load data becomes available.
4.20 REGIONAL LOADING REMOTENESS CATEGORIES
4.20 REGIONAL LOADING REMOTENESS CATEGORIES
4.20.1 The regional loading for a multi campus provider is calculated per campus and depends upon the remoteness classification of each of the provider’s eligible campuses.
4.20.5 An eligible campus’ remoteness classification is determined using the ASGC Remoteness Structure for funding in 2012 and 2013 and the ASGS Remoteness Structure for funding from 2014 onwards to classify the remoteness of the physical location of the eligible campus.
4.20.10 The loading (L) for the remoteness categories is as follows:
Remoteness category
Loading (L)
Remote and very remote
20%
Darwin region
15%
Outer regional
10%
Inner regional
5%
Major city and overseas
0%
4.20.15 For purposes of regional loading, the Darwin region is defined as the area of the Northern Territory that is not remote or very remote.
4.20.20 For purposes of regional loading, the Darwin region has been classified outside of the ABS Remoteness Structure as the additional costs of higher education provision in this region exceed its remoteness category which is outer regional.
4.25 NEW REGIONAL LOADING DISTRIBUTION FORMULA
4.25 NEW REGIONAL LOADING DISTRIBUTION FORMULA
4.25.1 From 2012, the regional loading for eligible providers will be calculated using the following formula:
View image in the official source = the average student load based on the EFTSL of the internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load enrolled at the relevant eligible campus (c)
View image in the official source = the average student load based on the EFTSL of a provider’s (p) external Commonwealth supported student load
View image in the official source = the variation required to ensure the expenditure is within the regional loading approved for that calendar year.
Detailed explanation of the formula
4.25.5 The formula has two components. The first is based on the EFTSL of the internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load of each of a provider’s eligible campuses. The second is based on the provider’s external Commonwealth supported student load.
4.25.10 The regional loading for the first component of the formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying the average student load of a provider’s internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load for each eligible campus by the remoteness loading (L) for the physical location of that eligible campus. The totals for each of a provider’s eligible campuses are added together to calculate the funding for the provider for the first component of the formula.
4.25.15 The regional loading for the second component of the formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying 50 per cent of the average student load of a provider’s external Commonwealth supported student load by the remoteness loading (L) for the provider’s headquarters campus. The headquarters campus is the campus that has the highest average student load based on the EFTSL of the average internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load.
4.25.20 As stated in section 4.10.5 above the regional loading is a capped amount for each calendar year. To ensure that the regional loading distributed in a calendar year does not exceed the regional loading approved for that year, the following process is used to adjust the final amount of regional loading to be paid to each eligible provider in a calendar year:
Initially the preliminary funding for each provider is calculated using the regional loading formula at section 4.25.1, above allowingView image in the official source.
Then the preliminary funding amount for each provider is added to determine the interim regional loading total (View image in the official source).
To calculate the final amount of regional loading for each provider for the calendar year the formula in section 4.25.1 is reapplied using the value for View image in the official source as determined in (c) above.
4.30 TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT IN 2012 AND 2013 FOR PROVIDERS AFFECTED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL LOADING FORMULA
4.30 TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT IN 2012 AND 2013 FOR PROVIDERS AFFECTED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL LOADING FORMULA
4.30.1 In 2012 and 2013 the Department will make transition payments from the regional loading available for those calendar years to providers who experience a significant reduction in regional loading as a result of the introduction of the new regional loading formula.
4.30.5 As the regional loading is a capped amount for a calendar year, the regional loading available for distribution through the formula in section 4.25.1 to eligible providers in 2012 and 2013 calendar years will be reduced to enable the making of the transition payments.
4.30.10 For the purposes of receiving a transition payment, a provider who experiences a significant reduction in regional loading under the new distribution formula is a provider:
who received regional loading in 2011; and
whose estimated regional loading for the 2012 and 2013 calendar years based on the application of the distribution formula at section 4.25.1 will be at least $500,000 less per calendar year than the regional loading received by that provider in 2011.
4.30.15 In 2012, the transition payment to be made to each affected provider will be 50 per cent of the difference between the amount of regional loading an affected provider received in 2011 and the amount of regional loading that the provider would receive under the new distribution formula in 2012.
4.30.20 In 2013, a further transition payment will be made from the 2013 regional loading to those providers that received a transition payment under section 4.30.15 in 2012.
4.30.25 In 2013, the transition payments to affected providers will be 25 per cent of the difference between the regional loading an affected provider received in 2011 and the amount of regional loading that the provider would receive under the new distribution formula in 2013.
4.30.30 The exact amounts of the transition payments to be made to affected providers will be as agreed in the funding agreements with providers under section 30-25 of the Act.
4.30.35 The payment of transition payments to affected providers in 2012 and 2013 will be in addition to any regional loading amount that an affected provider will receive on the basis of the regional loading formula in section 4.25.1.
4.35 DISTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL LOADING TO RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CAMPUSES
4.35 DISTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL LOADING TO RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CAMPUSES
4.35.1 As stated in section 4.15.15 the distribution of regional loading is based on the EFTSL
of the Commonwealth supported student load averaged over the most recent three years for which HESC full year student load data is available.
4.35.5 Where the available HESC full year student load data for a recently established campus is for less than three years the average student load will be determined on the basis of the EFTSL of the Commonwealth supported student load for the number of years for which the data is available.
4.35.10 A new campus of a provider will be considered an eligible campus on the basis of averaging the EFTSL of the internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load for the number of years for which the HESC full year student load data is available. Where this occurs, the campus must have an average internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load of at least 50 EFTSL.
CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING
Part 5
MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING
CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING
5.1 PURPOSE
5.1 PURPOSE
5.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify how the amount of medical student loading for Commonwealth supported places under paragraph 33-1(1)(b)(ii) of the Act is to be worked out.
5.5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING (section 33-1)
5.5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING (section 33-1)
5.5.1 The medical student loading provides funding for teaching hospital costs for a Commonwealth supported place in a course of study in medicine, completion of which would allow provisional registration as a medical practitioner by an authority of a State, a Territory or the Commonwealth.
5.5.5 Where the Minister allocates a number of Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine under section 30-10 of the Act, the amount of medical student loading that will be paid for Commonwealth supported places is worked out in the following way.
5.10 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING
5.10 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING
5.10.1 The medical student loading in 2007 was $1,111 per Commonwealth supported medical student EFTSL for the allocated number of medical student places. The medical student loading for Commonwealth supported medical student EFTSL in later years is the medical student loading in 2007 indexed in accordance with Part 5-6 of the Act.
5.10.5 Student load is determined for the medical student loading by using the EFTSL of medical units of study in a course of study in medicine, completion of which would allow provisional registration as a medical practitioner by an authority of a State, a Territory or the Commonwealth (field of education codes (under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Standard Classification of Education) 019901 - medical science and 060100 to 060199 - medical studies, excluding 060113 – Pathology). The allocation of medical student places for a particular year is equal to the most recent full year student load data reported by the provider through the HESC and cleared as final by the Department, plus any new places for a course of study in medicine not yet reported in the HESC and specifically allocated to the provider by the Australian Government.
6.1.1. The purpose of this chapter is to specify how the amount of enabling loading payable to a provider under paragraph 33-1(1)(b)(iii) of the Act is to be worked out
6.5 LOADING CALCULATION
6.5 LOADING CALCULATION
6.5.1 The amount of enabling loading (A) payable to a provider for a year will be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
A = B times C
where:
B is the number of Commonwealth supported places in enabling courses of study allocated to the provider for the grant year in the provider’s Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding agreement for that year.
C is the amount of enabling loading per Commonwealth supported place in enabling courses of study. In 2013 the amount is $2,500. In 2014 the amount is $3,068. For 2015 and later years, it is the 2014 amount indexed in accordance with Part 5-6 of the Act.
CHAPTER 7 DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTE CHAPTER 7 DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTERPRETATION
1.1 INTERPRETATION
1.1.1 Unless the contrary intention appears, the terms within the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2012 have the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’).
1.5 DEFINITIONS
1.5 DEFINITIONS
1.5.1 In these Guidelines, unless the contrary intention appears:
ASGC Remoteness Structure means the Australian Standard Geographical Classification
(ASGC) Remoteness Structure published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
ASGS Remoteness Structure means the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Remoteness Structure published by the ABS which replaces the ASGC Remoteness Structure from December 2012
campus ‘based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, campus means the physical location at which a provider delivers a unit of study. For on-line/ distance education courses or where studies require attendance at locations such as a health centre, teaching hospital or agricultural farm, the campus is the location from which the course is administered.
Department means the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
external based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, external means a mode of attendance for a unit of study whereby the provider delivers the course materials to the student and the student is not required to attend classes on campus on a regular basis.
EFTSL An EFTSL is an equivalent full-time student load for a year. It is a measure, in respect of a course of study, of the study load for a year of a student undertaking that course of study on a full‑time basis.
headquarters is a provider’s campus location which has the largest internal and multi-modal EFTSL of Commonwealth supported students
HESC means the Higher Education Student Collection which is a component of the Higher Education Statistics Collection required under subsection 19-70(1) of the Act
HEIMS means the Higher Education Information Management System
internal based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, internal means a mode of attendance for a unit of study whereby the student must attend classes at the provider’s facilities on a regular basis
multi-modal based on HEIMSHELP Glossary,
multi-modal means a mode of attendance for a unit of study that is undertaken partially in an internal mode of attendance and partially in an external mode
Part 7DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS
provider means Higher Education Provider
1.5.5 Any reference to a part, division or section of the Act is a reference to that part, division or section as in force from time to time.
1.5.10 Terms used in Chapter 4 of these Guidelines that are in italics have the meaning as stated in paragraph 1.5.1 of these Guidelines.
2.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify providers other than Table A providers that can be paid grants under Part 2-2 of the Act.
2.5 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (section 30-1)
2.5 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (section 30-1)
2.5.1 The following providers are specified as higher education providers that can be paid grants under Part 2-2 of the Act:
a) Avondale University College Ltd trading as Avondale University College
b) The University of Notre Dame Australia trading as University of Notre Dame Australia
c) Bond University Ltd
d) University of Divinity trading as MCD University of Divinity
e) Tabor College Inc trading as Tabor Adelaide
f) Eastern College Australia Inc
g) Christian Heritage College
h) Holmesglen Institute trading as Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
i) Melbourne Polytechnic
j) Alphacrucis College Ltd
k) Australian College of Nursing Ltd
l) ACPE Ltd trading as The Australian College of Physical Education
m) Box Hill Institute
n) Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health
o) Engineering Institute of Technology Pty Ltd
p) Excelsia College
q) Queensland Institute of Business & Technology Pty Ltd trading as Griffith College
r) Health Education and Training Institute
s) Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd trading as La Trobe College Australia
t) Marcus Oldham College
u) Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd trading as Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology
v) SAE Institute Pty Ltd
w) Technical and Further Education Commission trading as TAFE NSW
x) TAFE Queensland
y) UOWC Ltd trading as UOW College Australia
CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES
CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES
3.1 PURPOSE
3.1 PURPOSE
3.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify outcomes in the provision of higher education as national priorities under section 30-20 of the Act.
3.5 NATIONAL PRIORITIES (section 30-20)
3.5 NATIONAL PRIORITIES (section 30-20)
3.5.1 The following outcomes are national priorities:
a) increasing the number of persons undertaking Teaching and Nursing courses of study;
b) supporting a number of persons undertaking Natural and Physical Sciences, Information Technology, Health, Education and Society and Culture courses of study at the University of Notre Dame Australia;
c) supporting a number of Indigenous students undertaking courses of study at the University of Notre Dame Australia;
d) in 2020 only, providing retraining and upskilling opportunities in the following areas of study: Education, Nursing, Psychology, English, Mathematical Sciences, Languages, Agriculture, Allied Health, Other Health, Counselling, Information Technology, Architecture and Building, Science, Engineering and Related Technologies, Medical Science, Environmental Studies.
4.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify how the amount of regional loading payable to a provider under section 33-1(1)(b)(i) of the Act is calculated from 2012.
4.5 OBJECTIVE OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.5 OBJECTIVE OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.5.1 Regional loading provides additional funding under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme (CGS) to help providers offset the disparity in costs and revenue of regional campuses in comparison with major city campuses.
4.10 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING FROM 2012
4.10 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING FROM 2012
4.10.1 Regional loading payments to eligible providers are made in respect of a calendar year.
4.10.5 The total amount of regional loading available to all eligible providers in each year is fixed. In the 2012 calendar year, the total amount of regional loading is $63,559,565. The total amount of regional loading in later years is the total amount of regional loading in 2012 indexed in accordance with the method set out in Part 5-6 of the Act. For individual eligible providers, the amount of regional loading will be calculated in accordance with the formula set out in section 4.25 below.
4.15 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.15 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF REGIONAL LOADING
4.15.1 A provider is eligible for regional loading if it is a Table A or Table B provider under section 16-15 of the Act.
4.15.3 A campus is eligible for regional loading if the average student load for the campus is a minimum of fifty (50) internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student EFTSL.
4.15.5 For the purposes of regional loading, Commonwealth supported student load at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will be considered as Commonwealth supported student load at Charles Darwin University.
Average student load
4.15.10 The amount of regional loading for each eligible provider will be calculated using the most recent Commonwealth supported student load data for the reporting years as verified by the provider through the HESC and accepted by the Department.
4.15.15 The average student load for the purposes of regional loading is the EFTSL of the Commonwealth supported student load averaged over the most recent three years for which HESC full year student load data is available.
4.15.20 The calculation of average student load will be updated annually as new HESC full year student load data becomes available.
4.20 REGIONAL LOADING REMOTENESS CATEGORIES
4.20 REGIONAL LOADING REMOTENESS CATEGORIES
4.20.1 The regional loading for a multi campus provider is calculated per campus and depends upon the remoteness classification of each of the provider’s eligible campuses.
4.20.5 An eligible campus’ remoteness classification is determined using the ASGC Remoteness Structure for funding in 2012 and 2013 and the ASGS Remoteness Structure for funding from 2014 onwards to classify the remoteness of the physical location of the eligible campus.
4.20.10 The loading (L) for the remoteness categories is as follows:
Remoteness category
Loading (L)
Remote and very remote
20%
Darwin region
15%
Outer regional
10%
Inner regional
5%
Major city and overseas
0%
4.20.15 For purposes of regional loading, the Darwin region is defined as the area of the Northern Territory that is not remote or very remote.
4.20.20 For purposes of regional loading, the Darwin region has been classified outside of the ABS Remoteness Structure as the additional costs of higher education provision in this region exceed its remoteness category which is outer regional.
4.25 NEW REGIONAL LOADING DISTRIBUTION FORMULA
4.25 NEW REGIONAL LOADING DISTRIBUTION FORMULA
4.25.1 From 2012, the regional loading for eligible providers will be calculated using the following formula:
Where:
= the regional loading for a provider (p)
= the loading for the location of a provider’s eligible campus(c) according to section 4.20
= the average student load based on the EFTSL of the internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load enrolled at the relevant eligible campus (c)
= the loading for the location of a provider’s headquarters (h) campus according to section 4.20
= the average student load based on the EFTSL of a provider’s (p) external Commonwealth supported student load
= the variation required to ensure the expenditure is within the regional loading approved for that calendar year.
Detailed explanation of the formula
4.25.5 The formula has two components. The first is based on the EFTSL of the internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load of each of a provider’s eligible campuses. The second is based on the provider’s external Commonwealth supported student load.
4.25.10 The regional loading for the first component of the formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying the average student load of a provider’s internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load for each eligible campus by the remoteness loading (L) for the physical location of that eligible campus. The totals for each of a provider’s eligible campuses are added together to calculate the funding for the provider for the first component of the formula.
4.25.15 The regional loading for the second component of the formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying 50 per cent of the average student load of a provider’s external Commonwealth supported student load by the remoteness loading (L) for the provider’s headquarters campus. The headquarters campus is the campus that has the highest average student load based on the EFTSL of the average internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load.
4.25.20 As stated in section 4.10.5 above the regional loading is a capped amount for each calendar year. To ensure that the regional loading distributed in a calendar year does not exceed the regional loading approved for that year, the following process is used to adjust the final amount of regional loading to be paid to each eligible provider in a calendar year:
Initially the preliminary funding for each provider is calculated using the regional loading formula at section 4.25.1, above allowing.
Then the preliminary funding amount for each provider is added to determine the interim regional loading total ().
To establish the value of the variation () for determining the final regional loading amount, the regional loading available for the calendar year less any transitional support payment () is divided by the interim regional loading total ().
To calculate the final amount of regional loading for each provider for the calendar year the formula in section 4.25.1 is reapplied using the value for as determined in (c) above.
4.30 TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT IN 2012 AND 2013 FOR PROVIDERS AFFECTED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL LOADING FORMULA
4.30 TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT IN 2012 AND 2013 FOR PROVIDERS AFFECTED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL LOADING FORMULA
4.30.1 In 2012 and 2013 the Department will make transition payments from the regional loading available for those calendar years to providers who experience a significant reduction in regional loading as a result of the introduction of the new regional loading formula.
4.30.5 As the regional loading is a capped amount for a calendar year, the regional loading available for distribution through the formula in section 4.25.1 to eligible providers in 2012 and 2013 calendar years will be reduced to enable the making of the transition payments.
4.30.10 For the purposes of receiving a transition payment, a provider who experiences a significant reduction in regional loading under the new distribution formula is a provider:
who received regional loading in 2011; and
whose estimated regional loading for the 2012 and 2013 calendar years based on the application of the distribution formula at section 4.25.1 will be at least $500,000 less per calendar year than the regional loading received by that provider in 2011.
4.30.15 In 2012, the transition payment to be made to each affected provider will be 50 per cent of the difference between the amount of regional loading an affected provider received in 2011 and the amount of regional loading that the provider would receive under the new distribution formula in 2012.
4.30.20 In 2013, a further transition payment will be made from the 2013 regional loading to those providers that received a transition payment under section 4.30.15 in 2012.
4.30.25 In 2013, the transition payments to affected providers will be 25 per cent of the difference between the regional loading an affected provider received in 2011 and the amount of regional loading that the provider would receive under the new distribution formula in 2013.
4.30.30 The exact amounts of the transition payments to be made to affected providers will be as agreed in the funding agreements with providers under section 30-25 of the Act.
4.30.35 The payment of transition payments to affected providers in 2012 and 2013 will be in addition to any regional loading amount that an affected provider will receive on the basis of the regional loading formula in section 4.25.1.
4.35 DISTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL LOADING TO RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CAMPUSES
4.35 DISTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL LOADING TO RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CAMPUSES
4.35.1 As stated in section 4.15.15 the distribution of regional loading is based on the EFTSL
of the Commonwealth supported student load averaged over the most recent three years for which HESC full year student load data is available.
4.35.5 Where the available HESC full year student load data for a recently established campus is for less than three years the aver
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