Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1

as amended

made under section 238-10 of the

Higher Education Support Act 2003

This compilation was prepared on 30 October 2012
taking into account amendments up to Amendment No. 12 to the Commonwealth
Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1.

Prepared by the Legal Branch, Department of Industry, Innovation, Science,
Research and Tertiary Education

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Higher Education Support Act 2003

COMMONWEALTH GRANT SCHEME GUIDELINES No. 1

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION                             3

1.1 INTERPRETATION                               3

1.5 DEFINITIONS                                  3

CHAPTER 2 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS                   5

2.1 PURPOSE                                    5

2.5 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (section 30-1)              5

CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES                         6

3.1 PURPOSE                                    6

3.5 NATIONAL PRIORITIES (section 30-20)                   6

CHAPTER 4 REGIONAL LOADING                          7

4.1 PURPOSE                                    7

4.5 OBJECTIVE OF REGIONAL LOADING                    7

4.10 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING FROM 2012              7

4.15 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF REGIONAL LOADING          7

4.20 REGIONAL LOADING REMOTENESS CATEGORIES            7

4.25 NEW REGIONAL LOADING DISTRIBUTION FORMULA          8

4.30 TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT IN 2012 AND 2013 FOR PROVIDERS

AFFECTED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL LOADING

FORMULA                                       9

4.35 DISTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL LOADING TO RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CAMPUSES                                                                                                                                                                                      9

CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING                     11

5.1 PURPOSE                                    11

5.5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING (section 33-5)                 11

5.10 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING                      11

CHAPTER 6 ENABLING LOADING                          12

6.1 PURPOSE                                    12

6.10 LOADING CALCULATION                            12

6.15 TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENABLING LOADING AVAILABLE TO THE

SECTOR                                     12

6.20 CODING NOTES FOR DETERMINING ENABLING LOADING       13

CHAPTER 9  DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS              14

9.1 PURPOSE                                    14

9.5 DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS (section 33-35)        14

CHAPTER 10  ADVANCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES                25

10.1 PURPOSE                                    25

10.5 ADVANCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES (section 33-40)          25

10.10 AMOUNTS                                 25

10.15 CONDITIONS ON ADVANCES                      25

10.20 REPAYMENT OF THE ADVANCE                    25

CHAPTER 11 – TRANSITIONAL LOADING                       26

11.1 PURPOSE                                    26

11.2 TRANSITIONAL LOADING                           26

11.3 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING                      26

CHAPTER 12 – PERFORMANCE FUNDING GRANT AMOUNT – FACILITATION FUNDING              ........................................................................................................................28

12.1 PURPOSE......................................................................................................28

12.5 FACILITATION FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.........................................................28

12.10 CALCULATION OF FACILITATION FUNDING............................................28

Notes to the COMMONWEALTH GRANT SCHEME GUIDELINES NO. 1       30

CHAPTER 1  INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTERPRETATION

1.1.1 Unless the contrary intention appears, the terms within the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1 have the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’).

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 means the Australian Statistical Geography Standard which will progressively replace the ASGC from July 2011

campus based on HEIMS Student Data Collection glossary, campus means the physical location from where a provider delivers a unit of study. This location may or may not be owned by the provider which enrols the student. For external courses this is the physical location from where the unit of study is administered

Department means the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education

external   based on HEIMS Student Data Collection 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

headquarters  is a provider’s campus location which has the largest internal and multi-modal EFTSL of Commonwealth supported students

HESDC     means Higher Education Student Data Collection

HEIMS  means the Higher Education Information Management System

internal based on HEIMS Student Data Collection 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 HEIMS Student Data Collection 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.

CHAPTER 2  HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS

2.1 PURPOSE

2.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify higher education 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)

2.5.1 The following higher education providers are specified as higher education providers that can be paid grants under Part 2-2 of the Act:

a)      Avondale College;

b)      The University of Notre Dame Australia;

c)      Bond University;

d)      Melbourne College of Divinity;

e)      Tabor College;

f)        Christian Heritage College; and

g)      Holmesglen Institute of TAFE.

h)      Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

CHAPTER 3  NATIONAL PRIORITIES

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)

3.5.1 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.

CHAPTER 4  REGIONAL LOADING

4.1 PURPOSE

4.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify how the amount of regional loading for Commonwealth supported places under section 33-1(1)(b)(i) of the Act will be distributed from 2012.  

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

4.10.1 Regional loading payments to eligible providers are made in respect of a calendar year.

4.10.5 The total amount of regional loading available 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.

4.15  ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF REGIONAL LOADING  

4.15.1 A provider will be eligible for regional loading if:

 (a) It is a Table A or Table B provider under section 16-15 of the Act;

 (b) a campus’s average student load is a minimum of fifty (50) internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student EFTSL.

4.15.5 For the purposes of regional loading, CGS enrolments at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will be considered as CGS enrolments at Charles Darwin University.

 Average student load 

4.15.10  The regional loading distribution for each eligible provider will be based on the most recent Commonwealth supported student load data submitted to the Department by providers as part of the HESDC.

4.15.15 The average student load for purposes of distributing regional loading is the EFTSL of the Commonwealth supported student load averaged over the most recent three years for which HESDC full year student load data is available. 

4.15.20 The calculation of average student load will be updated annually as new HESDC full year student load data becomes available.

4.20 REGIONAL LOADING REMOTENESS CATEGORIES

4.20.1 The regional loading distributed to a multi campus provider may vary between the provider’s campuses depending upon the remoteness classification of each of the provider’s eligible campuses.

4.20.5 An eligible campus’s remoteness classification will be determined using the ASGC Remoteness Structure until it is replaced by ASGS, to classify the remoteness of the physical address of the eligible campus’s actual location.

4.20.10 The loading (L) for the remoteness categories is as follows:

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 ASGC Remoteness Structure and its replacement, the ASGS, as the additional costs of higher education provision in this region exceed its ASGC remoteness category which is outer regional.

4.25 NEW REGIONAL LOADING DISTRIBUTION FORMULA

4.25.1  From 2012, the regional loading distribution 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) based on the ASGC Remoteness Structure or its replacement, the ASGS

= 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 based on the ASGC Remoteness Structure or its replacement, the ASGS

= 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.

4.25.5 The distribution 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 funding for the first component of the distribution formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying the average student load (based on the EFTSL of the 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 funding for the second component of the distribution formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying 50 per cent of the average student load based on a provider’s external Commonwealth supported student load by the remoteness loading 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 internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load.

4.25.20  As stated in section 4.10.5 above the regional loading funding 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 funding approved for that year, the following process is used to adjust the final amount of regional loading to be paid to each provider in a calendar year:

a)        Initially the preliminary funding for each provider is calculated using the regional loading formula at section 4.25.1, above allowing.

b)        Then the preliminary funding amount for each provider is added to determine the interim regional loading total ().

c)        To establish the value of the variation () for determining the final distribution, the regional loading funding for the calendar year less any transitional support payment () is divided by the interim regional loading total ().

d)        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

4.30.1 In 2012 and 2013 the Department will make transition payments from the regional loading funding approved for those calendar years to providers who experience a significant reduction in regional loading funding as a result of the introduction of the new regional loading distribution formula.

4.30.5 As the regional loading funding is a capped amount for a calendar year, the regional loading to be distributed to eligible providers in 2012 and 2013 calendar years will be adjusted 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:

i)  who received regional loading in 2011; and

ii)  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 up to 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, the Department will make provision for a further transition payment to be made from the 2013 regional loading funding 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 made of up to 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 funding that an affected provider will receive on the basis of the new regional loading distribution formula.             

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 HESDC full year student load data is available. 

4.35.5 Where the available HESDC 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 In these circumstances a campus of a provider may be considered for eligible campus status 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 HESDC 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

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)

5.5.1 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 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

5.10.1 The medical student loading in 2007 is $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 Student Statistical Data Collection and cleared as final by the Department, plus any new places for a course of study in medicine not yet reported in the Student Statistical Data Collection and specifically allocated to the provider by the Australian Government.

CHAPTER 6  ENABLING LOADING

6.1 PURPOSE

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 calculated. 

6.10 LOADING CALCULATION

6.10.1 The amount of enabling loading (A) payable to a higher education provider for a year for Commonwealth supported places provided is calculated in the following way:

Step 1:  R = F divided by T

Step 2:  A = E times R

That is:      A = E times (F divided by T)

where:

F is the total amount of the enabling loading funding pool for the grant year (see paragraph 6.15);

T is the number of Commonwealth supported student EFTSL coded (in accordance with paragraph 6.20) as enabling student load for ALL HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS in the most recent full year student load data reported by the providers through the Student Statistical Data Collection and cleared as final by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; and

E is the number of Commonwealth supported student EFTSL coded (in accordance with paragraph 6.20) as enabling student load at THE PARTICULAR HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDER in the most recent full year student load data reported by the provider through the Student Statistical Data Collection and cleared as final by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; and

R is the amount of enabling loading per enabling Commonwealth supported student EFTSL in the given year.

The first step determines R, the amount of loading per enabling Commonwealth supported EFTSL.  The second step, using R calculated at step 1, determines A, the amount of enabling loading that the provider will receive.

6.10.5 For the purposes of calculating enabling loading in 2012 and subsequent years, Commonwealth supported places at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will be considered to be Commonwealth supported places at Charles Darwin University.

6.10.10 The number of EFTSL coded as enabling student load will be that reported in the most recent full year student load data submitted by the higher education provider as part of the student statistics data collection and cleared as final by the Department.

6.15 TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENABLING LOADING AVAILABLE TO THE SECTOR

6.15.1 The total amount of enabling loading is a fixed amount each year.  The total amount of enabling loading in 2007 is $12,923,000 (in 2007 prices).  The total amount of enabling loading in later years is the enabling loading in 2007 indexed in accordance with the method set out in Part 5‑6 of the Act.

6.20 CODING NOTES FOR DETERMINING ENABLING LOADING

6.20.1 Enabling student EFTSL is coded in the student data collection, as set out below:

Domestic, non-fee paying enabling student load

E310 = 30, E490 = 261

CHAPTER 9  DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS

9.1 PURPOSE

9.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is, pursuant to section 33-35 of the Act, to specify how to determine the funding clusters, or particular parts of funding clusters, in which units of study are included or the particular funding cluster, or a particular part of a funding cluster, in which a particular unit of study is included for the purposes of the Act.

9.5 DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS (section 33-35)

9.5.1 The funding cluster, or a particular part of a funding cluster, in which a unit of study is included is determined in the following way.  Clusters are defined by the field of education (FOE) code arising from applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) as set out in the table below.  A unit with an FOE code of 090701 (psychology) is allocated to ‘behavioural science’ or ‘clinical psychology’ within a funding cluster according to whether the course of study of which it forms part is accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the specified colleges of the Australian Psychological Society (College of Clinical Psychologists, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, College of Counselling Psychologists, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, College of Forensic Psychologists, College of Health Psychologists, College of Sport Psychologists and College of Community Psychologists).

1. Excluding clinical psychology, which is in cluster 5.
2. Clinical psychology units of study are in Cluster 5 and are psychology units of study (Field of Education code 090701) that contribute to courses that are accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, the APS College of Counselling Psychologists, the APS College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists, the APS College of Forensic Psychologists, the APS College of Health Psychologists, the APS College of Sport Psychologists or the APS College of Community Psychologists.

9.5.5 For the purposes of:

a)      working out if and how a higher education provider’s basic grant amount for the year 2010 is to be adjusted under subdivision 33-C of the Act; and

b)      determining the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study for a person to whom item 3 of Schedule 5 of the Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Act 2009 applies;

the funding clusters and parts of funding clusters in which units of study are included are the funding clusters and parts of funding clusters that existed immediately before the commencement of Item 1 of Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Act 2009 and shall, pursuant to section 33-35 of the Act, be determined as outlined in the following table.

Clusters are defined by the field of education (FOE) code arising from applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) as set out in the table below.  A unit with an FOE code of 090701 (psychology) is allocated to ‘behavioural science’ or ‘clinical psychology’ within a funding cluster according to whether the course of study of which it forms part is accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the specified colleges of the Australian Psychological Society (College of Clinical Psychologists, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, College of Counselling Psychologists, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, College of Forensic Psychologists, College of Health Psychologists, College of Sport Psychologists and College of Community Psychologists).

1. Excluding clinical psychology, which is in cluster 4.
2. Clinical psychology units of study are in Cluster 4 and are psychology units of study (Field of Education code 090701) that contribute to courses that are accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, the APS College of Counselling Psychologists, the APS College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists, the APS College of Forensic Psychologists, the APS College of Health Psychologists, the APS College of Sport Psychologists or the APS College of Community Psychologists.

9.5.10 For the purposes of determining the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study for a person to whom Item 7 of Schedule 7 of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 applies the funding clusters in which units of study are included are the funding clusters that existed immediately before the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 and shall, pursuant to section 33-35 of the Act, be determined as outlined in the following table.

Clusters are defined by the field of education (FOE) code arising from applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) as set out in the table below.

CHAPTER 10  ADVANCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

10.1 PURPOSE

10.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify how advances in relation to expenditure of a higher education provider for certain purposes are to be determined and the reductions in the amount of grant payable in the following three years if the Minister determines that an advance is payable under section 33-40 of the Act.

10.5 ADVANCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES (section 33-40)

10.5.1 The Minister may determine advances of the grant to eligible higher education providers for the following purposes:

a)      to assist higher education providers with the cash-flow implications of restructuring;

b)      to implement adjustment arising from the specific effects on grants of Commonwealth policy change;

c)      to rationalise staffing levels, courses and infrastructure both within and between higher education providers;

d)      to help secure genuine productivity improvements in the area of workplace reform;

e)      to implement explicit decisions to restructure the educational profile of a higher education provider; and

f)        to achieve such other purposes as the Minister may determine. 

10.10 AMOUNTS

10.10.1 The total amount that the Minister may advance in a calendar year shall not exceed $25 million.

10.15 CONDITIONS ON ADVANCES

10.15.1 An advance may be paid to a higher education provider on such conditions as the Minister determines, including, but not limited to provision of information regarding the purposes and use to which the advance has been applied.

10.20 REPAYMENT OF THE ADVANCE

10.20.1 Reductions in the amount of the grant payable to a provider under section 33-1 of the Act will be determined by the Minister for the three years following the advance.

CHAPTER 11 – TRANSITIONAL LOADING

11.1 PURPOSE

11.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify how the amount of transitional loading payable to a provider under paragraph 33-1(b)(iv) of the Act is worked out.

11.2 TRANSITIONAL LOADING

11.2.1 The transitional loading provides funding to providers to assist with the transitional costs associated with the following changes to the Act that were brought into effect under Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Support Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Act 2008:

a) reduction in the maximum student contribution amount for mathematics, statistics and science units of study under subsection 93-10(1) of the Act in relation to an enrolment of a person in a unit of study on or after 1 January 2009 (the ‘transitional loading for mathematics, statistics and science units’); and/or

b) Table A providers being required to enrol a person in a unit of study as a Commonwealth supported student if the unit forms part of an undergraduate course of study under paragraph 36-30(1)(aa) of the Act (the ‘transitional loading for Commonwealth supported places for the phase out of domestic undergraduate full fee paying places’). 

11.2.2 The amount of transitional loading payable to a higher education provider for a year under paragraph 33-1(1)(b)(iiv) is worked out in accordance with section 11.3.

11.3 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING

Transitional loading for mathematics, statistics and science units

For 2009

11.3.1    The amount of transitional loading for mathematics, statistics and science units of study payable to a higher education provider for 2009 will be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

A times B

where:

A is the estimated EFTSL of post-2008 mathematics, statistics and science units in 2009, as determined by the Department in consultation with the relevant provider before the end of 2008.  A post-2008 mathematics, statistics and science unit is a unit for which Item 13 of Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Act 2008 applies.

B is $3,250.

For 2010 and later years

11.3.2    The amount of transitional loading for mathematics, statistics and science units payable to a higher education provider for a year being 2010 or a later year will be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

(A times B) plus (C times D)

where:

A is the estimated EFTSL of post-2008 mathematics, statistics and science units in that year, as determined by the Department in consultation with the relevant provider. 

B is the amount shown above for B in 2009, indexed in accordance with the method set out in Part 5-6 of the Act for 2010 and later years.

C is the difference between the ‘actual EFTSL’ and estimated EFTSL for the preceding year and which may be negative.

D is the value of B for the preceding year.

11.3.3    ‘Actual EFTSL’ is the total post-2008 mathematics, statistics and science unit EFTSL for the reporting year as verified by the provider through the student data collection required under subsection 19-70(1) of the Act and accepted by the Department for publication in annual Higher Education Student Statistics.

11.3.4    For the purposes of calculating transitional loading in 2012 and subsequent years, Commonwealth supported places at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will be considered to be Commonwealth supported places at Charles Darwin University.  Any adjustments to the amount of transitional loading for 2011 or previous years will be a benefit or liability, as the case may be, to Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education.

Transitional loading for Commonwealth supported places for the phase out of domestic undergraduate full fee paying places

For 2009

11.3.5    The amount of transitional loading for the Commonwealth supported places for the phase out of domestic undergraduate full fee paying places payable to a higher education provider for 2009 will be the amount the Minister determines in writing for that provider.  

11.3.6    The amount that the Minister determines for a provider is subject to the conditions (if any) determined by the Minister in writing for that provider.

CHAPTER 12 PERFORMANCE FUNDING GRANT AMOUNT – FACILITATION FUNDING

12.1 PURPOSE

12.1.1 This chapter outlines the calculations for determining how the Facilitation Funding component of the Performance Funding grant amount will be worked out for 2011 and later years under subsection 33‑1(1A) of the Act.

12.5 FACILITATION FUNDING ELIGIBILITY

12.5.1 A higher education provider will eligible for Facilitation Funding if:

a)      the provider is a Table A provider; and

b)      the Minister has allocated a number of Commonwealth Supported Places to the provider for that year under section 30-10 of the Act; and

c)      the provider has entered into a funding agreement with the Commonwealth under section 30-25 of the Act in respect of that year (the 2011-2013 Compact period).

12.5.5 In order to receive Facilitation Funding from 2011, providers must:

a)      inform the Commonwealth of strategies and goals for achieving the provider’s teaching and learning mission described under clause 4.7 of the provider’s 2011-13 Compact; and

b)      agree to the performance targets relating to specific Commonwealth goals contained in clause 4.14 of the provider’s 2011-13 Compact.

12.10 CALCULATION OF FACILITATION FUNDING

12.10.1 The Facilitation Funding available in a given year is comprised of:

a)      a ‘Basic Grant Amount component’ – the Facilitation Funding to be distributed based on provider shares of the Basic Grant Amount of the same year (section 33‑5 of the Act). In 2011 this component is $91,010,141. This amount will be indexed in later years in accordance with the method set out in Part 5-6 of the Act; and

b)      a ‘Grants to Support National Institutes specified in the Other Grants Guidelines component’ – the Facilitation Funding to be distributed based on provider shares of the Grants to Support National Institutes specified in the Other Grants Guidelines amount of the same year (item 4 of subsection 41-10 of the Act). In 2011 this component is $3,229,213. This amount will be indexed in later years in accordance with the method set out in Part 5-6 of the Act.

The ‘Basic Grant Amounts’ referred to herein is the estimated Basic Grant Amount to be distributed in a given year as at 1 January of that year.

The ‘Grants to Support National Institutes specified in Other Grants Guidelines amount’ referred to herein is the estimated Grants to Support National Institutes specified in Other Grants Guidelines amount to be distributed in a given year as at 1 January of that year.

12.10.5 The formula for calculating each provider’s Facilitation Funding payment in a given year is:

a)      The Basic Grant Amount component

Where:

b)      The Grants to Support National Institutes specified in the Other Grants Guidelines component

Where:

Notes to the COMMONWEALTH GRANT SCHEME GUIDELINES NO. 1

Note 1

The Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1, in force under section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, as shown in this compilation, is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

(a)           Amendment No. 2 to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1 (F2008L00559) was disallowed in full by the Senate on 14 May 2008

Table of Amendments