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Study and training requirements for ABSTUDY 010-02080000

This document outlines the study and training requirements for ABSTUDY. This includes course approval, study load concessions and the ABSTUDY activity test.

Study and training requirements

Item	Description
1	Secondary school students Home schooling arrangements for ABSTUDY ABSTUDY Hostel Agreements ABSTUDY annual board, tuition and scholarship details Defining level of study for special schools Approved non-high school secondary study
2	Tertiary students Student intending to undertake a course at Honours level Defining levels of tertiary study
3	Approved course Approved courses of study for ABSTUDY, ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) and Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) Approval of a course as full-time or part-time for ABSTUDY Approved short courses and student payment eligibility Approved distance education/external study Effect of articulated short courses of study on continuing payment
4	Study load Assessing study load requirements Aggregation of study load Effect on student payments of enrolment in more than one course or at more than one educational provider Effect of concurrent secondary and Vocational Education and Training studies on student payments Effect of school-based apprenticeships on student payments Assessing study load concessions for ABSTUDY and ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES)
5	Change of circumstances to study Increasing study load for ABSTUDY students Customer will not commence full-time study for ABSTUDY, ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES), Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) and AIC PES Decreasing study load for ABSTUDY or ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) Assessing study load concessions for ABSTUDY and ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) Exemptions from study for ABSTUDY Payment of ABSTUDY when a student or Australian Apprentice becomes incapacitated Changing or correcting course of study and/or educational provider for ABSTUDY students Customer no longer an Australian Apprentice Payment of ABSTUDY when a student is deferring or discontinuing study before the end of the course
6	Assessment of study Disregarding previous study for ABSTUDY, ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement, Austudy and Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) Determining progress and duration of assistance for ABSTUDY Determining allowable time/reasonable time for a course of study Determining minimum (normal) time for a course of study Eligibility for student payments when enrolled in Open Universities Australia Proof of enrolment (POE) in a course of study010-07010170 Coding ABSTUDY education details Completing the Study Details MOD St Assessing and coding the Study details MOD (ST) Referrals to Course Assessment and Liaison Officers (CALOs)