Higher Education Support Act 2003
Chapter 2 - Grants for higher education assistance etc
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Division 19 - What are the quality and accountability requirements?
Subdivision 19-D - The fairness requirements
SECTION 19-43 Support for students policy
Providers must have a support for students policy
19-43(1)
A higher education provider must have a policy (a
support for students policy
) that deals with the support provided to the provider
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s students to assist them to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled.
19-43(2)
A higher education provider
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s support for students policy must:
(a) include information on:
(i) the provider ' s processes for identifying students that are at risk of not successfully completing their units of study; and
(ii) the supports available from or on behalf of the provider to assist students to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled; and
(b)
comply with any requirements specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
19-43(3)
Without limiting paragraph
(2)(b)
, the requirements may relate to the following:
(a) requirements for the higher education provider ' s support for students policy to include specified information;
(b)
requirements about the presentation, format and availability of the policy.
Provider to comply with support for students policy
19-43(4)
A higher education provider must comply with its support for students policy.
Provider must report on compliance with support for students policy
19-43(5)
A higher education provider must give a report to the Minister about the provider
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s compliance with its support for students policy.
19-43(6)
The report must:
(a) include the information required by the Higher Education Provider Guidelines; and
(b)
be given within the period, or at the intervals, specified in the Higher Education Provider Guidelines.
Civil penalty for non-compliance
19-43(7)
A higher education provider contravenes this subsection if the provider:
(a) is subject to a requirement under this section; and
(b) does not comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
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