Assessing satisfactory progress for Youth Allowance (YA) secondary students 010-06070060
Expand allThis document outlines information on assessing satisfactory progress for YA secondary students.
Satisfactory progress
Students must be making satisfactory progress with their studies to meet the full-time study requirements for YA. For YA, this refers to the time spent to complete a course and the number of times a student attempts to complete a course.
As part of the requirement to make satisfactory progress, students must complete a course within the period set out in the Youth Allowance (Satisfactory Study Progress Guidelines) Determination 2014. This is usually based on the minimum time it normally takes to complete the course, plus an additional period.
Secondary students
For secondary students, the only progress rule that applies is that they cannot have more than 2 attempts at Year 12 and still be considered a full-time student.
However, a previous attempt at Year 12 can be disregarded if the student was affected by circumstances beyond their control, such as:
- the person is, or has been, disabled by an illness or other medical condition (permanently or temporary)
- the person has suffered family trauma
- the person has experienced a natural disaster
- the person is obliged to relocate, necessitating repeating part of a course of study, or starting a course again (because of the requirements of the educational provider concerned)
- the person has caring responsibilities for another member of their family
- another exceptional circumstance that interferes with the person's ability to complete a course of education or study within the standard minimum length of time
Under exceptional circumstances, students who have failed with 2 attempts at Year 12 for other reasons may be able to study Year 12 subjects at a tertiary institution such as TAFE as an approved activity as a YA job seeker. The activity will be recorded in their Job Plan.
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