Commencement of full-time work for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) Scheme students 102-07030030

A student for whom Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) is paid is commencing full-time work.

Did they discontinue full-time study before the end of the academic year?

• Yes, go to Step 2
• No, advise the AIC applicant that entitlement will continue to 31 December. Procedure ends here

Advise the AIC applicant that their AIC entitlement ceases on the day the student last undertook full-time study.

For:

• AIC Smart Centre staff, go to Step 3
• all other, Service Officers send a Fast Note to the AIC Smart Centre. Select Auto text, use Students, ABSTUDY & Apprentices > AIC > AIC update action required with the education end date details and any other relevant information. Procedure ends here

If the customers Date Paid To (DPT) on AIC is:

• on or before the last date of full-time study, go to Step 4
• after the last date of full-time study, go to Step 5

Go to Education Course Details (EDC) screen.

• Update Student End Date, with last day of study

The system will then automatically cancel the student's payment from the date study ceased. Any arrears of AIC due will be paid to the applicant.

Go to Step 7.

Go to Education Course Details (EDC) screen.

• Update Student End Date, with last day of study

The system will automatically cancel the student's payment from the date study ceased.

Note: the applicant record will show if the study update has resulted in a negative adjustment. See Raising debts for students and Australian Apprentices.

Check the Dependent Youth Rate Summary (!DYRSUMM) screen in Customer First, or DYRSUMM in Process Direct.

The DYRSUMM screen will display both Active Sibling Information (those siblings which are part of the family pool) and Other Sibling Information (those siblings not considered to be in the family pool).

If Additional Boarding Allowance (ABA) was payable, cancellation of AIC ABA will result in the student's removal from the family pool that may have an impact on siblings' rate or entitlement.

Changes made to the student record may affect other sibling's payments if the student has dependent siblings receiving:

• AIC ABA
• ABSTUDY Living Allowance and/or School Fees Allowance Group 2 (means tested component), or
• Youth Allowance (YA)

Record details on a DOC with:

• study end date
• any other action taken (if payment has been cancelled)