Purpose

To assign government discipline groups to HECS contribution bands

Subsystem

Student Finance

Structure

Two blocks

Government HECS Contribution
Government Discipline HECS Contribution

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In the Course Structure and Planning subsystem, all study units are assigned to a discipline group defined by the institution in form CRSF2230, and these in turn are associated with government discipline groups (DEST element reference 336) in form CRSF2110.

In this form the government discipline groups are matched to contribution bands representing different HECS rates. For those students who are to be assessed for differential HECS, the fee assessment routine (FINJ3500, FINJ3001) uses this information to determine the appropriate HECS contribution band - and therefore rate - according to the discipline group of each unit a student is studying. The actual rates are associated with contribution bands in the form Define Fee Assessment Rates (FINF2853).

For each Government HECS contribution band (there are currently three - 1998) assign government discipline groups in accordance with DEST guidelines.

Start Date and End Date indicate the period during which a discipline group is effective in a contribution band. The start date defaults to the current date, and the end date can be left open.