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Student Status > 5.7 Pensioner Students
This chapter covers details of the criteria required for a student to qualify for the Pensioner Education Supplement
A pensioner student is a student receiving a social security pension or an income support pension from the DVA.
Note: A list of pensions is provided in 5.6.2.
Students receiving orphan pensions are not regarded as pensioner students for the purposes of ABSTUDY. They are eligible to apply as independent students (see Policy Manual - 5.3.4.7).
FaCS benefits or allowances, eg Newstart Allowance
Sickness Allowance, Family Payment and Parenting Allowance, are not pensions.
Some allowances are also considered pensions for the purpose of ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement entitlements (see list in 5.6.2).
For the purposes of ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement, the entitlement is available to customers receiving the following income support payments:
The types of entitlements listed below may be available to pensioner students if they meet the relevant criteria:
A pensioner student studying full-time may be entitled to receive a Pensioner Education Supplement (no Living Allowance), including the concession which permits part-time study to be treated as full-time study for ABSTUDY purposes.
Note: From 1 March 2000 the workload concession was changed:-
students who are eligible for PES undertaking a study load of between 25% to 49% will be eligible for a PES payment of $30 per fortnight.
students who are eligible for PES undertaking a study load of 50% or more will be eligible for a PES payment of $60 per fortnight.
Students receiving a DVA invalidity service pension, a FaCS disability support pension or a war widow pension (where the widow has a dependent child under 16) and receives an income support supplement (incapacity for work) will be exempt from this legislation.
PES does not affect the rate of the pension.
From 20 September 1999, parenting payment (single) recipients on the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) Scheme (and other pensioners joining CDEP) will lose $1 of parenting payment for every dollar that they earn on CDEP.
A pensioner student studying part-time may be entitled to receive the same benefits as other students on the Part-time Award (see Policy Manual – 3.2.1.4) if s/he is not eligible for the pensioner workload concession (see Policy Manual - 4.4.2.4).
If students cease or commence to be a pensioner, their student status will vary with effect from the date on which they cease to be or become entitled to receive the pension.
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