Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01607:schedule:1:p8
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Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 8/10)
Character Range: 21111–23993

(for internal and multi-modal attendance).

Division 5 – Enabling Loading Program (ELP)

1.60 Program objectives

1.60.1 The key objective of the ELP is to promote equality of opportunity in higher education by providing additional funding to assist providers to enrol students in enabling courses, with a focus on students with educational disadvantage, such as those from a low SES background, regional areas and remote areas, and Indigenous people.

1.61 Calculation of grant amounts

1.61.1 Grants under the ELP will be calculated for a year in accordance with the following formula:

Where:

B       is the lesser of:

       (a)    the number of Commonwealth supported places in enabling courses of study the provider actually provides in the grant year, and

       (b)    the number of places allocated in writing by the Department for the provider for the grant year for enabling courses;

C       is the amount of enabling loading per Commonwealth supported place in enabling courses of study.

1.61.5 In 2020 the amount of enabling loading per Commonwealth supported place was $3,392.

1.61.10 For 2021 and later years, the amount is the 2020 amount indexed in accordance with Part 5-6 of the Act.

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Insert:

PART 6 – HIGHER EDUCATION CONTINUITY GUARANTEE (HECG)

7.160 Purpose

7.160.1 The Higher Education Continuity Guarantee (HECG) is specified as a program for the purposes of subsection 41‑15(1) of the Act. This Part also specifies matters listed in subsection 41‑15(2) of the Act in relation to that program.

7.160.5 The purpose of the HECG is to provide grants to higher education providers in 2021, 2022 and 2023 to assure and enhance the quality of Australia's higher education sector, in accordance with item 11(a) of the table in subsection 41‑10(1) of the Act, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

7.165 Program objectives

7.165.1 The HECG provides financial assistance to eligible higher education providers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for activities to assist these providers to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for specific activities identified in the conditions of grant made under section 7.180.1 of these Guidelines.

7.165.5 The objective of this program is to ensure that higher education providers are able to keep operating and employing staff in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to assure the ability of these providers to continue to provide quality education services into the future.

7.170 Calculation of grant amounts

7.170.1 The HECG for a Table A provider for the grant years 2021, 2022 and 2023 will be calculated as follows:

Where:

Max = For the relevant year,

    The provider's Maximum Basic Grant Amount for higher education courses
    +
The