CHAPTER 6 STUDENT ENTITLEMENT

6.1 PURPOSE

6.1.1 This chapter sets out other requirements relating to VET student entitlement to VET FEE-HELP assistance for a VET unit of study under paragraph 43(1)(i) of Schedule 1A to the Act.

6.2 STUDENTS ENTITLED TO VET FEE-HELP ASSISTANCE

6.2.1 A full fee-paying student means a VET student enrolled in a VET course of study for which the VET provider does not receive any funding from a State, Territory or the Commonwealth in relation to the VET student’s enrolment in that VET course of study.

6.2.1A A full fee-paying student is only entitled to VET FEE-HELP assistance for a VET unit of study if the unit forms part of a VET course of study that leads to a qualification of:

a) VET diploma; or
b) VET advanced diploma; or
c) VET graduate certificate; or
d) VET graduate diploma.

6.2.2 A subsidised student means a VET student:

a) who is enrolled with a VET provider in a VET course of study;
b) for whom the VET provider receives funding from a state or territory (the “subsidising state or territory”) in relation to the VET student’s enrolment in that VET course of study;
c) who is a subsidised student by the subsidising state or territory; and
d) who receives a loan of VET FEE-HELP assistance at 100 per cent of the loan (the lesser percentage).

Note: The “lesser percentage” of the loan is provided for under subsection 137‑18(2) of the Act.

6.2.3 A subsidised student is only entitled to VET FEE-HELP assistance for a VET unit of study if the unit:

a) forms part of a VET course of study that leads to an award of VET diploma or VET advanced diploma; and

b) the VET student is enrolled in, is a VET unit of study in the subsidising state or territory; and

c) the subsidising state or territory is:

i) an eligible state or territory and the eligible state or territory has implemented subsidised training requirements for VET FEE‑HELP in accordance with the implementation plan under the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform; or

ii) South Australia; or

iii) Victoria.