Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01607:schedule:1:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01607
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 7/10)
Character Range: 18569–21382

Commonwealth supported student load.

1.59.50 The RLP grant for the first component of the formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying the average student load of a provider's internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load for each eligible campus by the remoteness loading (L) for the physical location of that eligible campus. The totals for each of a provider's eligible campuses are added together to calculate the grant amount for the provider for the first component of the formula.

1.59.55 The RLP grant for the second component of the formula for a provider is calculated by multiplying 50 per cent of the average student load of a provider's external Commonwealth supported student load by the remoteness loading (L) for the provider's headquarters campus. The headquarters campus is the campus that has the highest average student load based on the EFTSL of the average internal and multi-modal Commonwealth supported student load.

1.59.60 As stated in section 1.58 above, the amount of funding available for the RLP is capped for each calendar year. To ensure that the RLP funding distributed in a calendar year does not exceed the capped amount approved for that year, the following process is used to adjust the final amount of the grant to be paid to each eligible provider in a calendar year:

       (a)    initially the preliminary grant amount for each provider is calculated using the formula at section 1.58.40, above allowing);
       (b)    then the preliminary grant amount for each provider is added to determine the interim grant total ();
       (c)    to establish the value of the variation () for determining the final grant amount, the grant amount available for the calendar year less any transitional support payment () is divided by the interim grant total ();
       (d)    to calculate the final grant amount for each provider for the calendar year the formula in section 1.58.40 is reapplied using the value for  as determined in (c) above.

Calculation of grants for recently established campuses

1.59.65 Where the available HESDC full year student load data for a recently established campus is less than three years, the average student load will be calculated based on the Commonwealth supported student load (EFTSL) over the number of years for which the data is available.

1.59.70 A provider will be eligible for an RLP grant in relation to a new campus if the average student load for the campus, calculated using the method in section 1.59.65, is at least 50 EFTSL (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