ABSTUDY annual board, tuition and scholarship details 010-22030903
Expand allThis document explains how to manage board and tuition charges, and scholarship details for ABSTUDY secondary school students living away from home and boarding at a school, hostel or in an approved ABSTUDY Homestay arrangement.
Board, tuition and scholarship details
The rate of ABSTUDY for secondary school students who live away from home and board at a school, in an approved ABSTUDY Homestay arrangement, or at a hostel which is a signatory to the ABSTUDY Standard Hostels Agreement, is affected by:
- the annual amounts charged for board and tuition, and
- the annual amount of any scholarship received that contributes towards board and tuition
Annual request
Each year on the last Monday of October, Services Australia sends an email to ABSTUDY boarding schools and hostels asking for their annual board, tuition and scholarship information for the next academic year. If a response is not received by the due date, the previous year's details will carry over into the next academic year. This could result in incorrect ABSTUDY payments being issued.
Reviews and Manual Follow-up (MFU) activities
A review (Group Codes 3 and 5) with a due date of 1 February is created:
- automatically for each ABSTUDY secondary boarding student
- manually, as a MFU, when ABSTUDY is granted for a new academic year and the boarding and tuition fees were not known when the claim was processed
For more information, see Actioning Reviews and Manual Follow-ups (MFUs) associated with End of Year (EOY) processing.
The Resources page contains email templates.
Related links
Coding away from home rate for ABSTUDY Tertiary Students
End of Year (EOY) processing for ABSTUDY students
Actioning Reviews and Manual Follow-ups (MFUs) associated with End of Year (EOY) processing