Independent Schools Victoria Compliance Framework

Accountability requirements for the vocational education and training in schools program

VET in Schools

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Do you need to comply?

Yes, if your school receives Australian Government funding to support the development and delivery of Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) that is delivered to secondary school students. For further information, visit the Independent Schools Victoria Vocational Education and Training in Schools webpage.

Conditions of compliance

This supplementary funding is allocated to independent schools whose students are involved in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) program delivered by:

• Purchasing Hours
• Auspicing the program. An arrangement that a school can make with an RTO for the delivery of  a VET program or
• through their own Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

Funding is also used to support activities such as:

• The establishment of VET in Schools by schools not previously involved in its delivery
• Expanding the range and spread of VET in Schools courses
• The establishment of VET in Schools courses in new industry areas
• Increasing participation in VET in Schools by particular student groups
• Developing strategies to maintain quality standards in VET in Schools including professional development
• Increasing the focus on pathways that leads to School Based Apprenticeships, particularly in skill shortage areas
• Addressing areas of skill shortage

Funding is based on confirmed student enrolment using Victorian Assessment Software System (VASS) data.

If you have to comply, what do you have to do?

1. Complete a yearly data collection survey which provides indicative enrolments in VCAA approved VET in Schools courses for the following year
2. Confirm enrolments and sign a yearly funding agreement
3. Provide data as required by the Australian Government or Independent Schools Victoria in order to meet accountability or program requirements
4. Participate in any evaluation project/s relating to the funding
5. Use the funding only for the purposes of the approved projects in the calendar year Pay to Independent Schools Victoria an amount equaling any unexpended grant funds within 28 days of a request by Independent Schools Victoria or the appropriate Australian Government Minister
6. Agree to the right of Independent Schools Victoria to release funding details for schools under this program when reporting to the Australian Government and to the sector, providing that this data does not enable users of the information to identify individual students
7. Agree to host visits from Australian Government and/or Independent Schools Victoria representatives as required
8. Follow the guidelines for copyright as specified by the Australian Government for this program.

What are the consequences if you don't comply?

You may be required to return any funding received.

Who will help you?

Independent Schools Victoria contact:

Pam Hargreaves
Education Consultant, Pathways
Ph. 03 9825 7246
pam.hargreaves@independentschools.vic.edu.au

Click here to go to the Independent Schools Victoria website

Other links:

DEEWR: Australian Government programs for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines 2009 to 2012

DEEWR: Vocational Education in Schools

VCAA: Vocational Education and Training

DEECD: Vocational Education

Submitted 8/11/2006, edited 07/06/2011.