school-based apprenticeships, traineeships, TAFE courses, university courses, and work placements. If the alternative pathway is not accredited as contributing to a Year 12 Certificate or equivalent, the student’s FTE must be adjusted accordingly. APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES Subsection 10(2) Purpose The calculation of the 2016 recurrent funding entitlement for non-government schools under the Australian Education Act 2013 (the Act), requires the number and FTE of students receiving primary or secondary education at the school during the Reference Period (see definition p.10) including the Census Day for the 2016 programme year. Most of the students in the calculation will be reported through the school’s census submission. As advised elsewhere in these Guidelines, any student who has not attended during the reference period cannot be reported in the school’s census submission. The Act provides that an approved person may request consideration of an individual student for inclusion in the census (and therefore in the funding calculation) because of the special circumstances which apply to that student. The request must be submitted through the Special Circumstances Application (SCA) and be in the form, manner and way specified below. Applications for special circumstances consideration must be made within 14 days of the school’s census day and are due no later than 21 August 2016. Late applications will not be considered. Important An application for Special Circumstances consideration can only be made in respect of a student who, except for the fact that they were not attending during the reference period, are otherwise eligible to be reported in the Census (see eligible students p.10). All students in the application for Special Circumstances must be excluded from the school’s Census count. The SCA must be done in conjunction with the Census and students can only be reported once. An application in respect of a student who has been absent from school for 100 days or more is unlikely to be approved. Process You must submit an application in respect of each student so that the delegate can consider whether special circumstances apply to that student. The Excel spreadsheet allows you to apply for one or more students. Only submit one Excel spreadsheet per school. You must confirm on the Excel spreadsheet that the Privacy information has been provided to the parent/guardian of every student identified in the application. Sample privacy information is available at You must use the current SCA EXCEL spreadsheet which must be submitted as an EXCEL document. Each column must be completed for every student.
school-based apprenticeships, traineeships, TAFE courses, university courses, and work placements. If the alternative pathway is not accredited as contributing to a Year 12 Certificate or equivalent, the student’s FTE must be adjusted accordingly. APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES Subsection 10(2) Purpose The calculation of the 2016 recurrent funding entitlement for non-government schools under the Australian Education Act 2013 (the Act), requires the number and FTE of students receiving primary or secondary education at the school during the Reference Period (see definition p.10) including the Census Day for the 2016 programme year. Most of the students in the calculation will be reported through the school’s census submission. As advised elsewhere in these Guidelines, any student who has not attended during the reference period cannot be reported in the school’s census submission. The Act provides that an approved person may request consideration of an individual student for inclusion in the census (and therefore in the funding calculation) because of the special circumstances which apply to that student. The request must be submitted through the Special Circumstances Application (SCA) and be in the form, manner and way specified below. Applications for special circumstances consideration must be made within 14 days of the school’s census day and are due no later than 21 August 2016. Late applications will not be considered. Important An application for Special Circumstances consideration can only be made in respect of a student who, except for the fact that they were not attending during the reference period, are otherwise eligible to be reported in the Census (see eligible students p.10). All students in the application for Special Circumstances must be excluded from the school’s Census count. The SCA must be done in conjunction with the Census and students can only be reported once. An application in respect of a student who has been absent from school for 100 days or more is unlikely to be approved. Process You must submit an application in respect of each student so that the delegate can consider whether special circumstances apply to that student. The Excel spreadsheet allows you to apply for one or more students. Only submit one Excel spreadsheet per school. You must confirm on the Excel spreadsheet that the Privacy information has been provided to the parent/guardian of every student identified in the application. Sample privacy information is available at You must use the current SCA EXCEL spreadsheet which must be submitted as an EXCEL document. Each column must be completed for every student.
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