Key dates for Australian Capital Territory
ACT Education institutions need to give us information by key dates each year. This helps us make sure ABSTUDY students get the right payment from us.
Secondary schools
The table lists the key dates for secondary schools in the Australian Capital Territory.
| Date | Item | Details | Date action needed by |
|---|
| 17 January 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) payment | Term 1 STA paid to eligible continuing students or new claims approved before 15 January 2024 | N/A |
| 4 April 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) Request | We’ll send you an OTAC and ask for Term 1 attendance data for STA assessment. | 18 April 2024 |
| From 8 April 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) payment | After you provide attendance data, we’ll pay Term 2 STA to eligible students. | ASAP |
| 27 June 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) Request | We’ll send you an OTAC and ask for Term 2 attendance data for STA assessment. | 11 July 2024 |
| From 1 July 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) payment | After you provide attendance data, we’ll pay Term 3 STA to eligible students. | N/A |
| 19 September 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) Request | We’ll send you an OTAC and ask for term 3 attendance data for STA assessment. | 3 November 2024 |
| From 23 September 2024 | School Term Allowance (STA) payment | After you provide attendance data, we’ll pay term 4 STA to eligible students. | N/A |
Boarding schools or hostels
The tables list key dates for boarding schools or hostels in the Australian Capital Territory.
Term 1
| Date | Item | Details | Date action needed by |
|---|
| 8 February 2024 | Payment on Advice (POA) request | We’ll send you a POA request for term 1. You need to confirm student start dates. | 16 February 2024 |
| 19 February 2024 | POA suspensions | We’ll suspend students’ ABSTUDY payments if you haven’t completed our POA request by this date. | ASAP |
| 22 February 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 1 of 2 | We’ll pay eligible ABSTUDY students the first board and tuition payment. | N/A |
| 28 March 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 2 of 2 | We’ll pay the second board and tuition payment to eligible ABSTUDY students. | N/A |
Term 2
| Date | Item | Details | Date action needed by |
|---|
| 9 May 2024 | POA request | We’ll send you a POA request for term 2. You need to confirm student start dates. | 17 May 2024 |
| 20 May 2024 | POA suspensions | We’ll suspend students’ ABSTUDY payments if you haven’t completed our POA request by this date. | ASAP |
| 23 May 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 1 of 2 | We’ll pay eligible ABSTUDY students the first board and tuition payment. | N/A |
| 27 June 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 2 of 2 | We’ll pay the second board and tuition payment to eligible ABSTUDY students. | N/A |
Term 3
| Date | Item | Details | Date action needed by |
|---|
| 1 August 2024 | POA request | We’ll send you a POA request for term 3. You need to confirm student start dates. | 9 August 2024 |
| 12 August 2024 | POA suspensions | We’ll suspend students’ ABSTUDY payments if you haven’t completed our POA request by this date. | ASAP |
| 15 August 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 1 of 2 | We’ll pay eligible ABSTUDY students the first board and tuition payment. | N/A |
| 26 September 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 2 of 2 | We’ll pay the second board and tuition payment to eligible ABSTUDY students. | N/A |
Term 4
| Date | Item | Details | Date action needed by |
|---|
| 1 October 2024 | Claim lodgements for 2025 | ABSTUDY claims for 2025 can be submitted from this date. | 31 December 2025 |
| 24 October 2024 | POA request | We’ll send you a POA request for term 4. You need to confirm student start dates. | 01 November 2024 |
| 28 October 2024 | Board and tuition details for 2025 | We’ll ask you to give ABSTUDY your board and tuition amounts for 2025. | 6 December 2024 |
| 4 November 2024 | POA suspensions | We’ll suspend students’ ABSTUDY payments if you haven’t completed our POA request by this date. | N/A |
| 7 November 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 1 of 2 | We’ll pay eligible ABSTUDY students the first board and tuition payment. | N/A |
| 5 December 2024 | Board and tuition payments, instalment 2 of 2 | We’ll pay the second board and tuition payment to eligible ABSTUDY students. | N/A |
| 31 December 2024 | Closing date for 2024 claims | We need students to submit 2024 ABSTUDY claims by this date. | 31 December 2024 |