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entry into force according to § 40.
19.06.2014 RT I, 29.06.2014, 109 01.07.2014, official titles of ministers replaced on the basis of subsection 107³ (4) of the Government of the Republic Act.
(1) This Act provides the bases, conditions and procedure for the grant of study allowances and study loans in order to ensure access to vocational education and higher education and motivate pupils completing vocational education (hereinafter pupils) and students acquiring higher education (hereinafter students) to study full time and successfully and to complete the curriculum in the nominal period.
(2) If an international agreement entered into by the Republic of Estonia includes provisions concerning the bases, conditions and procedure for the grant of study allowances and study loans which are different from those of this Act, the international agreement applies.
(3) This Act does not apply to pupils and students for whom the bases, conditions and procedure for the grant of study allowances or study loans are prescribed by other legislation. This restriction does not apply to disabled pupils and students for whom the grant of study allowances is prescribed in the Social Benefits for Disabled Persons Act.
(31) The provisions of this Act concerning application for and the grant and payment of study allowances apply also to joint curricula, whereas the functions of an educational institution shall be performed, according to its competence, by the educational institution agreed upon in the cooperation contract concerning the joint curriculum.
(4) The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act apply to administrative proceedings prescribed in this Act, taking account of the specifications provided for in this Act.
(5) The provisions of the general part of the Social Security Code apply to social protection prescribed in this Act, taking account of the specifications provided for in this Act.
4) “need-based study allowance” means monetary allowance based on the economic situation of the person and granted under the conditions provided for in this Act to students, except for Doctoral candidates, in order to cover expenses related to the acquisition of higher education.
5) “need-based special allowance” means monetary allowance based on the economic situation of the person and granted under the conditions provided for in this Act to students, except for Doctoral candidates, in order to cover expenses related to the acquisition of higher education if the application for a need-based study allowance of a student has been declined.
A study loan is a loan guaranteed by the state which is granted to pupils and students in order to cover expenses related to the acquisition of education.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, an academic year consists of ten study months and lasts from 1 September to 30 June.
(2) The nominal period of studies according to a curriculum is the period from admission of a pupil or student to an educational institution (matriculation) to the end of studies established by the curriculum. Any period of academic leave taken by a pupil or student shall not be included in the nominal period of studies according to the curriculum.
3) studies according to a curriculum of formal vocational education in full-time study and has not exceeded the nominal period of studies according to the curriculum.
3) his or her average monthly income calculated on the basis of § 51 of this Act does not exceed the maximum average income calculated for the receipt of need-based study allowance established annually by the state budget.
2) the student complies with other conditions established by the educational institution which are related to the deterioration of the economic situation of the student or another difficult economic situation which hinders the student from continuing his or her studies.
(23) A student shall not be entitled to simultaneous need-based study allowance and need-based special allowance.
4) has passed evaluation under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure established by the council of the university or is a first-year Doctoral candidate.
(4) Pupils and students who are on academic leave do not have the right to receive a study allowance.
(41) A student does not have the right to receive a study allowance during the time he or she receives a study allowance from the government of a foreign country, an international or inter-governmental organisation or a representation of a co-operation programme.
(5) An educational institution shall establish a special allowance fund into which up to fifty percent of the resources of the basic allowance fund are entered. In addition, the surplus in the basic allowance funds shall be entered in the special allowance fund. If surplus is produced also in the special allowance fund, the educational institution has the right to divide the surplus between the funds. From the special allowance fund allowances can be granted disregarding the requirements specified in clauses (1) 2) and 3) of this section and taking into account other circumstances which hinder the pupil from continuing his or her studies. The procedure for the use of the special allowance fund shall be approved by the board of the educational institution.
(6) Persons specified in subsections (1)-(3) of this section have the right to apply for a study allowance for a number of years which corresponds to the number of academic years foreseen for the nominal period of studies according to the curriculum.
(7) Pupils have the right to apply for a basic allowance for five study months twice during an academic year – in September (for September, October, November, December and January) and in February (for February, March, April, May and June) and first year pupils have that right once a year – in February (for February, March, April, May and June).
(71) The allocation of need-based study allowances is organised by the Ministry of Education and Research, a state authority administered by the Ministry of Education and Research or a public foundation authorised by the Ministry of Education and Research.
(72) Application for the receipt of need-based study allowance shall be submitted by students to the organiser of allocation of need-based study allowances for up to five study months twice during an academic year – from September to January and from February to June. Study allowance shall be paid from the month of applying for the study allowance.
(73) Doctoral candidates have the right to receive a Doctoral allowance in twelve calendar months starting from September or, if the nominal period of studies according to his or her curriculum ends during a calendar month, in the corresponding number of study months.
(74) Students have the right to submit to the educational institution applications for the receipt of need-based special allowance for up to five study months at least twice during an academic year – from September to January and from February to June. Study allowance shall be paid from the month of applying for the study allowance.
(8) An educational institution shall establish the conditions of and procedure for applying for and the grant and payment of study allowances, except for need-based allowances, and shall inform the pupils and students thereof.
(9) If the minister responsible for the area authorises a public foundation to organise the allocation of need-based study allowances, the minister responsible for the area shall enter into a contract under public law with the public foundation for organising the allocation of need-based study allowances, including for processing of applications and grant of need-based study allowances.
(10) Supervision over performance of the contract under public law specified in subsection (9) of this section shall be exercised by the Ministry of Education and Research.
(11) If the contract under public law specified in subsection 9 of this section is terminated unilaterally or if other reason preventing the public foundation from continuing the performance of the administrative duty specified in subsection (9) of this section exists, the subsequent performance of the administrative duty shall be organised by the Ministry of Education and Research.
(1) The basis for calculation of the student’s average income shall be the taxable income according to § 12 of the Income Tax Act of the student and his or her family members in the calendar year preceding the academic year of application for need-based study allowance, without taking account of the deductions provided for in Chapter 4 of the Income Tax Act, income specified in subsection 13 (4) of the Income Tax Act and received dividends and payments from equity.
5) minor child whose parent or guardian the student is.
(21) If a student has been referred to substitute home service or foster care until he or she attains the age of majority or a guardian has been appointed for the student until attainment of the age of majority and he or she has submitted the documents certifying thereof, the persons specified in clauses (2) 1)–3) of this section shall not be deemed to be his or her family members if the student is not married or a parent or guardian of a child.
(3) If the applicant for a need-based study allowance is a non-resident or his or her family members include non-residents, the average income of the student shall be calculated based on the incomes of the persons which are similar to the types of income specified in subsection (1) of this section. Documents certifying such income shall be appended by the applicant to the application specified in subsection 5 (72) of this Act.
(4) Upon calculation of the student’s average income, the amount of income specified in subsections (1) and (3) of this section shall be divided by twelve and thereafter by the number of the student and his or her family members.
3) other documents required by the educational institution.
(11) When applying for a need-based special allowance, a student shall submit to the educational institution an application in the format established by the latter to which the documents certifying the compliance with the conditions provided for in subsection 5 (22) of this Act are appended.
(2) An educational institution has the right to verify the correctness of documents and information submitted in order to be granted a study allowance, or to present the documents and information for inspection to competent authorities and persons.
(3) This section shall not be applied to applying for or receipt of need-based study allowance.
(1) An educational institution shall make a decision on the grant of basic allowances to pupils not later than by 10 October of the corresponding year regarding those who submitted applications in September and not later than by 10 March of the corresponding year regarding those who submitted applications in February, and shall involve representatives of the body of pupils in the decision-making process.
(2) The order of merit lists for pupils who have submitted applications for a basic allowance and who meet the requirements provided for in subsection 5 (1) of this Act shall be prepared by curricula on the basis of the percentage to the extent of which the pupils have completed the study load to be completed according to the curriculum. In case of a joint curriculum the order of merit lists shall be prepared in common for pupils who meet the requirements provided for on subsection 5 (1) of this Act and study according to a joint curriculum.
(3) If several applicants have equal results in the order of merit lists prepared pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the applicant with the better study results shall be preferred. If the results are still equal, any applicant who has outstanding results in the field of study, is active in the community or has successfully participated in competitions or contests related to the speciality shall be preferred.
(4) If several applicants have equal results in the order of merit lists prepared pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the applicant whose income during the year preceding the year of application was smallest shall be preferred. An educational institution has the right to demand that an applicant submit documents and information which allow his or her income during the year preceding the year of application to be assessed and to verify the correctness of the documents and information submitted or to present the documents and information for inspection to competent authorities and persons.
41) An educational institution shall have the right not to grant study allowance for a pupil who fails to perform the obligation of a pupil to participate in studies specified in the Vocational Educational Institutions Act, observe the obligations established by laws, the statutes and internal procedure rules of the school, the rules for organisation of studies and other legislation.
(5) Basic allowances shall be granted according to the order of merit lists within the limits of the funds prescribed therefor in the state budget and allocated to educational institutions.
An educational institution shall grant Doctoral allowances to Doctoral candidates, who meet the requirements specified in subsection 5 (3) of this Act, not later than by 10 October.
(1) Study allowances shall be paid through educational institutions each study month for the corresponding study month.
(11) Doctoral allowances shall be paid through educational institutions each calendar month for the corresponding calendar month.
(12) Doctoral candidate enrolled in part-time study, who meets the requirements specified in this Act, shall be paid Doctoral allowance in an amount proportional to his or her study load from the size of Doctoral allowance established by the state budget.
(2) An educational institution may pay study allowance for September in October of the same academic year and for February in March of the same academic year.
(3) An educational institution has the right to use up to three per cent of its basic allowance fund in order to cover expenses related to the grant and payment of study allowances.
(31) An educational institution has the right to use up to ten per cent of the need-based special allowance fund in order to cover expenses related to the grant and payment of study allowances.
(4) Need-based study allowance shall be paid from the state budget through the budget of the Ministry of Education and Research each study month for the corresponding study month to every student who meets the requirements specified in subsection 5 (21) of this Act and who has applied for the need-based study allowance.
(5) Need-based special allowance shall be paid through the educational institution each study month for the corresponding study month to every student who meets the requirements specified in subsection 5 (22) of this Act within the limits of the need-based special allowance fund allocated to the educational institution for the corresponding academic year.
(1) If it is established that a pupil or student did not meet the requirements for the grant of a study allowance upon application for the corresponding study allowance and that he or she was aware or ought to have been aware of not meeting the requirements, the educational institution or, in case of need-based study allowance, the organiser of allocation of need-based study allowances shall immediately terminate payment of the study allowance to the pupil or student and he or she shall lose the right to apply for and be granted a study allowance during the academic year in which payment of the study allowance to him or her is terminated and during the following academic year.
(2) In the case provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the educational institution has the right to reclaim the study allowance from the pupil and grant it to another pupil according to the order of merit lists.
(21) An educational institution has the right to terminate or suspend the payment of study allowance to a pupil if he or she violates the obligations of a pupil specified in the Vocational Educational Institutions Act to a considerable extent. The board of an educational institution shall establish the list of considerable violations.
(3) An educational institution has the right to reclaim the Doctoral allowance from the Doctoral candidate in the case provided for in subsection (1) of this section and transfer it to the stipend fund.
(1) The size of the basic allowance, Doctoral allowance and need-based special allowance paid to a student each study month shall be established annually by the state budget.
3) 51 up to 100 per cent.
(1) The coefficient for the basic allowance fund shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
(1) The size of the basic allowance fund allocated to an educational institution per study month shall be calculated by multiplying the size of basic allowance by the number of students having studied in full-time study on student training places formed on the basis of activity support and registered in the Estonian Education Information System as of 10 November of the previous year, and by the coefficient for the basic allowance fund.
(3) The Doctoral allowance fund shall be allocated to a university among the funds allocated for the provision of instruction at the level of higher education.
(31) The bases for the calculation of and the size of need-based special allowance fund shall be agreed in a contract entered into between the Ministry of Education and Research and an educational institution.
(4) An educational institution shall divide the basic allowance fund between broad groups of studies proportionally on the basis of student training places formed on the basis of activity support in the relevant broad group of studies. The board of the educational institution shall approve the conditions of and procedure for dividing the fund between the curricula in a broad group of studies.
(5) Basic allowance, Doctoral allowance and need-based special allowance funds shall be allocated to educational institutions or, in the case of a joint curriculum, to the educational institutions agreed upon in the cooperation contract concerning the joint curriculum, from the state budget through the budget of the Ministry of Education and Research.
3) is studying abroad at an educational institution and in a form of study similar to those specified in clauses 1) or 2) of this subsection.
(3) The person specified in subsection (1) of this section has the right to obtain a study loan for a number of years which corresponds to the number of academic years prescribed for the nominal period of studies according to the curriculum.
(31) If the person specified in subsection (1) of this section has during his or her former studies on the same level and within the same stage of education received study loan, the number of the allocations of loan the person is entitled to is reduced by the number of the allocations of loan made to the person during his or her former studies. In case of formal vocational education, studying according to pre-training and continuing training curricula and pre-training curricula corresponding to different levels are deemed to be different stages of education.
(4) Pupils and students who are on academic leave do not have the right to obtain a study loan.
(5) Study loans to the extent of the maximum rate established by the Government of the Republic shall be granted once a year. Study loans to persons specified in subsection (1) of this section, the duration of whose studies according to a curriculum is less than nine calendar months shall be granted once per academic year in the extent of one-half of the maximum rate.
(6) Pupils and students have the right to obtain a study loan from 15 September until 1 June of the following year. First year pupils and students have the right to obtain a study loan from 1 October until 1 June of the following year.
(1) Credit institutions which grant study loans from the funds of their credit resources are deemed to be lenders of study loans.
(2) Lenders of study loans shall be selected by way of public competition. The minister responsible for the area shall announce the competition, make a decision on the competition results and enter into a contract for the management of the grant of study loans with the credit institution selected by way of the competition on behalf of the state.
7) the liability of the parties.
(4) The state shall secure the study loan of the recipient to the extent of the maximum rate established by the Government of the Republic and the interest to be paid to the credit institution on the amount of the study loan by the recipient (hereinafter state guarantee).
(5) The commercial interest rate on the amount of a study loan secured by the state shall be twelve months Euribor + 2 per cent per year, but not less than 5 per cent per year. The interest rate shall be fixed for each subsequent interest period two banking days before 1 September. The basis for the calculation of interest is the actual number of days in a month and a year of 360 days. An interest period runs from 1 September to 31 August.
(6) The recipient of a study loan shall pay interest on the amount of the loan secured by the state to the credit institution on the basis of the commercial interest rate, but not more than 5 per cent per year. If the commercial interest rate is higher than 5 per cent per year, the state shall pay the credit institution the difference between the commercial interest rate and the interest rate payable by the recipient of the loan under the conditions prescribed by the contract for the management of the grant of study loans entered into by the state and the credit institution on the basis of subsection (2) of this section.
6) other information required by the credit institution.
(2) A credit institution shall refuse to grant a study loan if a pupil or student does not meet the requirements provided for in § 15 of this Act, if no guarantee specified in subsection 19 (1) of this Act is granted regarding the study loan or if the pupil or student is a study loan debtor.
(1) The recipient of a loan shall commence repayment of the loan amount not later than twelve months after finishing his or her studies due to completing the curriculum to the full extent or for other reasons if, during that time, the recipient of the loan has not begun to continue his or her studies at an educational institution or in a form of study specified in subsection 15 (1) or (2) of this Act. If the recipient of the loan is continuing his or her studies, he or she has the right to receive a study loan on the basis of the existing study loan agreement to the extent provided in subsection 15 (3) of this Act.
2) the recipient of the loan finished his or her studies for a reason other than those specified in clause 1) of this subsection, over the course of a period that equals one and a half times the period the person spent pursuing his or her studies at the educational institution, but is not shorter than six months and not longer than one and a half times the nominal period of studies according to the curriculum, as of the beginning of repayment of the loan amount.
(3) If the recipient of a loan continues his or her studies at an educational institution and in a form of study specified in subsection 15 (1) or (2) of this Act within twelve months after having finished his or her previous studies, he or she shall undertake to repay the entire loan amount together with interest over the course of a period that equals the sum of the periods calculated pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, but is not longer than twenty years, as of the beginning of repayment of the loan amount.
(4) The running of the term for repayment of a study loan shall be suspended and the obligation to pay the interest does not arise for the duration of any period during which the recipient of the loan is serving compulsory military service and for one parent until the child attains 3 years of age and for a resident physician until completion of residency as of the moment of receipt of a corresponding certified request. During the period specified in this subsection, the state shall pay the credit institution the interest payable on the balance outstanding on the amount of the study loan balance to the extent of the commercial interest rate under the conditions provided for in the contract entered into between the state and the credit institution on the basis of subsection 16 (2) of this Act.
(5) A person, who has completed his or her studies at an educational institution set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2) of this Act before 1 July 2009 due to completing the curriculum to the full extent, who has been employed in a state or local government authority or has been employed at a legal person in public law for at least twelve months and has submitted an application for writing off the principal amount of a study loan, the valid study loan agreement together with all the annexes thereto and a document certifying the exmatriculation of the recipient of a student loan due to completing the curriculum to the full extent or completion of his or her studies due to completing the curriculum to the full extent, has the right to have the part of the amount of his or her study loan secured by the state which has not yet been repaid written off by the authority or legal person in public law. The conditions and procedure for writing off of study loans shall be established by the Government of the Republic.
(58) The state does not write off a study loan or terminates the writing off of a study loan of a person, concerning whom the provisions of subsection 21 (1) or subsections 28 (9) or (10) of this Act apply, on the basis of subsection (5) of this section.
(6) The conditions and procedure for repaying and writing off study loans shall be established by a regulation of the Government of the Republic.
(1) Surety provided by at least two Estonian citizens or persons staying in Estonia on the basis of long-term residence permits or permanent right of residence, or by a mortgage on an immovable situated in Estonia shall secure the obligations of the recipient of a study loan arising from the loan agreement.
(2) The state shall secure the obligations of the recipient of a student loan arising from the loan agreement on the bases and pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act.
(1) The maximum size of the amount paid to a credit institution by the state to perform the obligations of the recipient of a study loan is equal to the loan amount taken by the recipient together with interest but shall not exceed the amount of the maximum rates for study loans secured by the state together with interest, as prescribed for the years in which the study loan is taken.
(2) The maximum rate for study loan secured by the state per applicant per academic year shall be established by the Government of the Republic annually not later than by 1 July.
(3) Upon the application of state security, the state shall perform the obligations of the recipient of the study loan arising from the loan agreement to the credit institution to the extent of the unrepaid part of the loan actually received by the recipient and the interest payable, which shall not exceed the rate provided for in subsection (1) of this section.
(1) If the a recipient of a study loan fails to commence repayment of the loan within the term specified in § 18 of this Act and the recipient or his or her sureties or the owner of the immovable encumbered with a mortgage or the owner of the building or the legal share of a building encumbered with a pledge (hereinafter pledgor) fail to not perform the obligations arising from the study loan agreement, the credit institution has the right to demand that the state perform the obligations of the recipient of the loan, his or her surety or the pledgor to the extent of the state guarantee provided for the loan.
(2) If the state has performed the obligation of the recipient of a loan to a credit institution to the extent set out in subsection (1) of this section, the state has the right of claim against the recipient of the loan and his or her sureties or the pledgor in the entire amount paid by the state to the credit institution.
(3) On an amount paid to a credit institution by the state, the recipient of a loan, his or her surety or a pledgor shall, provided that a new payment schedule has been agreed on, pay the interest set out in subsection 16 (5) of this Act to the state on the unpaid balance of the loan amount paid to the credit institution by the state.
(4) At the reasoned request of the recipient of a loan, his or her surety or the pledgor, the state may, upon collection of the amount paid to a credit institution and the interest prescribed in subsection (3) of this section, agree with the recipient of the loan, his or her surety or the pledgor on payment by instalments.
(5) If, upon the grant or collection of a study loan secured by the state, the credit institution fails to observe the conditions provided for the grant and collection of study loans in this Act, legislation issued on the basis thereof or the contract entered into between the state and the credit institution, the state has the right to refuse to apply the state guarantee.
(1) In the event of the death of the recipient of a study loan, the claims of the credit institution arising from the loan agreement terminate to the extent of the state guarantee and the credit institution has the right to demand that the state perform the obligation of the recipient of the loan to the specified extent.
(2) In the event of establishment that a the recipient of a study loan has no work ability, the credit institution shall waive the demand that the recipient of the loan, his or her sureties or the pledgors perform the obligations arising from the loan agreement which arose before the establishment of no work ability of the recipient of the loan to the extent of the state guarantee for the loan and the credit institution has the right to demand that the state perform the obligation of the recipient of the loan to the specified extent.
(3) In the event of establishment of severe or profound disability of the child of the recipient of a study loan, the credit institution shall waive the demand that the recipient of the loan, his or her sureties or the pledgors perform the obligations arising from the loan agreement which arose before the establishment of severe or profound disability of the child of the recipient of the loan to the extent of the state guarantee for the loan and the credit institution has the right to demand that the state perform the obligation of the recipient of the loan to the specified extent. Waiver of the claim for performance of the obligations of the recipient of loan shall be applied to the study loan of one parent who constantly cares for a child with severe or profound disability.
(4) In the event of the death of the recipient of a loan or establishment that the recipient of a loan has no work ability or the establishment of severe or profound disability of the child of the recipient of a loan, the state shall waive the right of claim provided in subsection 21 (2) of this Act.
(1) In order for the state to perform the obligations arising from a study loan agreement, the credit institution shall submit a corresponding written request to the Ministry of Finance or an authority appointed by the minister responsible for the area within one month as of the date on which the credit institution becomes aware of the circumstances specified in subsection 21 (1) or subsection 22 (1) of this Act.
(11) In order for the state to perform the obligations arising from a study loan agreement based on subsections 22 (2) and (3) of this Act, the person shall submit a corresponding written request to the Social Insurance Board. Upon submission of the request, the person grants consent to the credit institution for the communication of information to the Social Insurance Board.
(12) A person may submit the request specified in subsection (11) of this section to the Social Insurance Board through the credit institution.
2) information of the credit institution having issued the study loan.
(14) Upon application of the state guarantee in the case provided for in subsection 22 (3) of this Act, the person shall confirm in the request that the other parent is aware and consents that the deletion of study loan is applied for by the person signing the request.
5) other information necessary for application of the state guarantee.
3) other information necessary for application of the state guarantee.
3) notification if state guarantee has applied on the basis of subsection 21 (1) of this Act.
(4) The Ministry of Finance or the minister responsible for the area has the right to demand that a credit institution submit documents not specified in subsections (2) and (3) of this section if they may prove the circumstances which are the basis for the claim of the credit institution.
(5) If a credit institution complies with the requirements provided for in this Act for application of the state guarantee, the loan amount owed by the recipient of the loan shall be paid to the credit institution within one month as of the date of submission of the request provided for in this section and all the required documents.
(6) If the state guarantee has applied to the obligation of the recipient of loan upon the application of the credit institution according to subsection 21 (1) of this Act, but the person submits the request specified in subsection (11) of this Act to the Social Insurance Board, the request shall be transferred, with the person’s consent, to the relevant authority with the information forming the basis of the claim.
(1) In the legal relationships arising from subsections 21 (2) and (4) of this Act, the state shall be represented by the authority appointed by the minister responsible for the area and in the legal relationships arising from subsections 22 (2) and (3) of this Act, the state shall be represented by the Social Insurance Board.
(2) The Ministry of Education and Research shall maintain records of persons entitled to obtain a study loan and persons who have obtained a study loan. Universities, institutions of professional higher education and vocational educational institutions, in the case of a joint curriculum the educational institution agreed upon in the cooperation contract concerning the joint curriculum, shall forward information on their pupils, students, Master’s candidates and Doctoral candidates to the Ministry of Education and Research twice a year – by 1 February and 1 October.
The Ministry of Education and Research (hereinafter the law enforcement agency) shall exercise state supervision over the intended and lawful use of funds allocated for study allowances.
For the execution of state supervision provided for in this Act, the law enforcement agency may apply the special state supervision measures provided for in § 30 of the Law Enforcement Act on the basis of and pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Law Enforcement Act.
(1) The provisions of this Act concerning study loans apply to pupils and students who, upon the entry into force of this Act, have not entered into loan agreements to obtain study loans secured by the state or who no longer have the right to obtain study loans secured by the state on the basis of study loan agreements entered into prior to the entry into force of this Act.
(2) Instead of the requirement for enrolment in full-time study [ täiskoormusega õpe ], students admitted to higher education before the academic year 2003/2004 are required to have enrolled in full-time study [ statsionaarne õppevorm ].
(3) Instead of the requirement for enrolment in full-time study [ täiskoormusega õpe ], pupils who have commenced the acquisition of vocational secondary education before the academic year 2004/2005 are required to have enrolled in daytime study [ päevane õppevorm ].
(4) In 2003, funds shall be allocated to educational institutions and study allowances shall be paid only if funds are allocated therefor in the state budget.
(5) Allowances granted for December 2003 shall be paid in January 2004.
(6) The minister responsible for the area shall establish the regulation specified in subsection 13 (1) of this Act by the time this Act enters into force in 2003.
(8) Upon calculation of the size of the supplementary allowance fund provided for in subsection 14 (2) of this Act, the student training places for the acquisition of secondary vocational education on the basis of secondary education formed before 1 January 2006 formed on the basis of state commissioned education at the educational institution for the corresponding academic year shall also be taken into account.
(9) A study loan of a person specified in subsection 18 (51) in force until 1 July 2009 concerning whom the Social Insurance Board has made a decision to write off a study loan partially before 1 July 2009 shall be written off under the conditions provided for in the decision.
(10) An application for partial writing off of a study loan of a person specified in subsection 18 (51) in force until 1 July 2009 submitted to a credit institution before 1 July 2009 shall be processed and the study loan of such a person shall be written off pursuant to the procedure in force at the time of submission of the application.
(11) Instead of the requirement for enrolment in full-time study [ statsionaarne õppevorm ], pupils admitted to an educational institution before 1 September 2013 are required to have enrolled in full-time study [ täiskoormusega õpe ].
(12) The right to apply for basic allowance specified in subsection 5 (1) of this Act on the conditions established in the given provision shall be extended to pupils studying according to a curriculum of vocational training on the basis of secondary education, basic education, without the requirement of basic education or according to a curriculum of vocational secondary education.
(13) The right to receive a study loan specified in subsection 15 (1) of this Act on the conditions established in the given provision shall be extended to pupils enrolled in full-time vocational training on the basis of secondary education.
(14) Students matriculated at an educational institution since the academic year 2013/2014 have the right to apply for need-based special allowance since 1 February 2015.
(15) In the academic year 2014/15, an educational institution shall establish the conditions and procedure for applying for and the grant and payment of need-based special allowance by 1 February 2015 and shall inform the students and the Ministry of Education and Research thereof.
(16) In case the permanent incapacity for work of a person has been established to the extent of 80–100 per cent on the basis of the State Pension Insurance Act, the condition of no work ability provided for in clause 5 (22) 1) and subsections 22 (2) and (4) of this Act shall be deemed to be complied with.
(1) Upon the entry into force of this Act, contracts for the management of the grant of study loans entered into between the state and credit institutions shall remain valid and they shall apply to the management of study loans secured by the state which are granted on the basis of study loan agreements entered into prior to the entry into force of this Act.
(2) In order to manage the grant of study loans secured by the state as of the entry into force of this Act, the minister responsible for the area shall conduct a competition for lenders of study loans such that new contracts for the management of the grant of study loans in order to grant study loans secured by the state on the basis of this Act can be entered into not later than on 1 September 2004.
(1) Persons who, by the date of the entry into force of this Act, have entered into a study loan agreement to obtain a study loan secured by the state pursuant to the Republic of Estonia Education Act shall be granted the study loan and repay the loan under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure in force prior to the entry into force of this Act and under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure established in the study loan agreement until the entire loan amount is repaid.
(2) A study loan of the persons specified in subsection (1) of this section secured by the state which has not been repaid shall be written off on the basis of subsection 361 (6) of the Republic of Estonia Education Act in force until 1 September 2004, on the condition that the person meets the criteria for writing off a study loan and submits, before 1 July 2009, an application for writing off the principal amount of study loan, the valid study loan agreement together with all the annexes thereto and a document certifying the exmatriculation of the recipient of a student loan due to completing the curriculum to the full extent or completion of his or her studies due to completing the curriculum to the full extent.
The state guarantee applies to study loans granted on the basis of study loan agreements entered into prior to the entry into force of this Act under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure in force prior to the entry into force of this Act.
(1) In 2005, Doctoral candidates who meet the requirements provided for in subsection 5 (3) of this Act have the right to apply for a Doctoral allowance in February, in addition to September.
(2) Doctoral candidates who apply for a Doctoral allowance in February 2005 shall be granted a Doctoral allowance for five study months (February, March, April, May and June).
(3) An educational institution shall decide on the grant of Doctoral allowances to Doctoral candidates who submitted an application in February 2005 not later than by 10 March 2005 within the limits of the funds prescribed therefor in the state budget and allocated to educational institutions.
(4) Persons who applied for a Doctoral allowance in February 2005 shall be paid a Doctoral allowance pursuant to the procedure provided for in § 10 of this Act.
(5) Doctoral candidates who were granted a Doctoral allowance prior to 1 January 2005 shall be paid a Doctoral allowance under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure (including in the amount) which were in force at the time of the granting of the Doctoral allowance until the end of the period of payment of the Doctoral allowance granted, except if the Doctoral candidate is granted a Doctoral allowance as a result of the application round which took place in February 2005.
(6) Doctoral candidates who apply for a Doctoral allowance in September 2005 shall apply for, be granted and be paid a Doctoral allowance pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act.
The provisions of § 14 of this Act shall not be applied to the calculation of study allowance funds of higher education to be allocated in 2013 and the study allowance funds of 2013 shall be calculated and allocated to educational institutions in the extent having applied in 2012.
(1) This Act enters into force on 1 September 2003.
(2) Sections 15–24, subsection 28 (1) and §§ 29–32 of this Act enter into force on 1 September 2004.
5) has passed evaluation under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure established by the council of the university or is a first-year Doctoral candidate.
(2) The order of merit lists for Doctoral candidates who have submitted applications for a Doctoral allowance and who meet the requirements provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be prepared by curricula on the basis of the results of evaluation or, in the case of first-year Doctoral candidates, on the basis of compliance with the entrance requirements.
(3) Doctoral candidates have the right to apply for a Doctoral allowance for twelve calendar months starting from September or, if the nominal period of studies according to the curriculum ends during a calendar month, for the corresponding number of study months.
(4) An educational institution shall decide on the grant of Doctoral allowances to Doctoral candidates, who have submitted applications, on the basis of the order of merit lists not later than by 10 October.
(5) Doctoral allowances shall be paid through educational institutions each calendar month for the corresponding month.
(6) Subsection 11 (1), § 12 and subsection 14 (3) of this Act apply respectively to termination of payment and reclamation of Doctoral allowances, establishment of the amount of Doctoral allowances and allocation of a Doctoral allowance fund to a university.
(1) The provisions concerning the application for and receipt of need-based study allowance and need-based special allowance shall not be applied to students matriculated before the academic year 2013/14 until the end of academic year 2015/16.
2) supplementary allowance if he or she meets the requirements for the receipt of basic allowance specified in clause 1) of this section and his or her residence according to the data in the Estonian population register is located outside the local government in which the educational institution at which he or she studies is located or outside the bordering local governments.
(3) Study allowances specified in subsection (2) of this section can be applied for five study months twice during an academic year – in September (for September, October, November, December and January) and in February (for February, March, April, May and June).
2) supplementary allowance fund, the size of which per study month shall be calculated by multiplying the size of the supplementary allowance by the number of students, except for Doctoral candidates, enrolled in full-time study in the academic year prior to the allocation of the fund, and by the coefficient for the supplementary allowance fund.
(5) The provisions of subsections 5 (4)–(6) and (8), §§ 6–8, subsections 10 (1)–(3), subsections 11 (1) and (2), subsection 12 (1), § 13 and subsections 14 (4) and (5) of this Act apply to the establishment of the amount, application for, grant, payment, termination of payment and reclamation of basic allowance and supplementary allowance in case of students, except for Doctoral candidates, matriculated before the academic year 2013/14, and to the allocation of basic allowance fund and supplementary allowance fund to educational institutions and to the establishment of special allowance fund and to the application for allowances therefrom.
(6) The provisions concerning application for and the grant and payment of basic allowance and supplementary allowance in case of students, except for Doctoral candidates, matriculated before the academic year 2013/14 shall also apply to joint curricula, whereas the functions of an educational institution shall be performed, according to its competence, by the educational institution agreed upon in the cooperation contract concerning the joint curriculum.
1Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.04.2004, pp. 0077–0123).

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