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Study aid regulation

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The presentation of the Minister for Education under the Ministry of Education is governed by the law of 21 January 1994. (65/94) Pursuant to:

CHAPTER 1

General conditions for obtaining a study grant

ARTICLE 1 (19.5.2004)

Paragraph 1 has been repealed by A 19.5.2004. .

ARTICLE 2 (30.4.2010)
Right to study in non-State-controlled education

Admission to study aid as a prerequisite for the grant of study aid Article 4a (4) of the ec Treaty The training referred to in paragraph 1 (3) shall:

(1) the teaching is organised in such a way that, at the end of their studies, the student has the capacity to perform an examination or part of it; and

(2) The organiser of training has a contract for the organisation of examinations of professional adult education (1998) Or an agreement with a body holding an agreement with the examination committee, as referred to in Article 7.

The fields of training referred to in Article 4a (2) of the Study Aid Code, to which the People's Pension Fund may, under the conditions laid down in that Article, grant the right to study grants on application by the organiser:

1) the work of the actor; and

2) Alexander technology.

ARTICLE 3 (30.4.2010)
Obligation to report and inform the organiser of the training aid entitlement

The training organiser referred to in Article 4a of the Study Aid Code shall include in his application for credit entitlement:

(1) the contract for the organisation of the examinations or the contract for the receipt of evidence, in the case of the training referred to in Article 4a (1) (3) of the Law School;

2) a curriculum;

3) a report on the organisation of management;

(4) a description of the competence of the teaching staff;

(5) the last audited financial statements and the activity report, or, where these are not available, an adequate explanation of the economic situation and activities; and

(6) Other details requested by the Social Insurance Institution.

The organiser of the training shall inform the National Pensions Office of any change affecting the entitlement to study aid and shall provide, at the request of the Social Insurance Institution, the necessary explanations as to whether the training still satisfies the conditions for granting the right to study. Of the Directive.

§ 4 (30.4.2010)
Assessing the satisfactory progress of a university student

In the follow-up to the annual progress of studies, progress in studies will be assessed over the last academic year ( Monitoring year ) And from the entire study period up to the end of the monitoring year. The evaluation shall take into account the course of studies carried out during the course of the studies subject to monitoring.

In order to monitor progress in the course of studies every year, studies are considered to have made sufficient progress if there are at least 20 credits from the year of study ( Minimum performance requirement ) And, on average, at least:

(1) 5 credits from a follow-up school year; or

2) 5 credits from the entire study period up to the end of the monitoring year.

The minimum performance requirement shall not apply to a student who has taken up the training course in the course of the monitoring during the spring semester of the follow-up school year.

Studies shall be considered to have made sufficient progress within the period referred to in Article 5b (3) of the Law on Study Aid where, from the beginning of the academic year at which the time limit has expired, at least 20 credits and an average of at least 5 years of study; Credits per period of support. Where studies have not progressed sufficiently within the time limit, the study grant may be reallocated if the credits are from the beginning of the academic year at which the time limit has expired, at least 20 credits and an average of at least 5 credits; Per period of support, or if the student has completed at least 20 courses of study after the end of the period.

Student credits are considered to be particularly limited if, on average, there is less than 1 study period per period of support per period during the period considered. The period considered may be a monitoring year or a monitoring year and the subsequent autumn semester. (5.6.2011)

After the abolition of the study aid, studies shall be considered to have made sufficient progress if the average number of study credits is at least 5 credits per period of study period, or if the student has completed at least the following: 20 study-point studies. If the progress of studies has been judged to be insufficient due to the fact that the minimum wage requirement has not been met, it is considered that the study has made sufficient progress if the student has completed at least 20 credits since the closure of the aid. Studies.

§ 5 (22 JUNE 2005/508)

Paragraph 5 is repealed by A 22.6.2005/508 .

ARTICLE 6 (30.4.2010)
Maximum duration of study grants in university degrees

The number of years to complete a higher education qualification shall not exceed:

1) 32 if the degree of qualification is 180 credits

(2) 37 if the degree of qualification is not more than 210 credits.

The number of aid periods for the completion of a higher education qualification shall not exceed:

1) 23 if the degree of qualification is 120 credits;

2) 28 if the degree of qualification is 150 credits;

3) 32 if the degree of qualification is 180 credits.

However, when a student has been admitted to a lower and upper university degree, the total number of periods of support shall not exceed:

(1) 50 if the scope of the lower and higher education is equal to 300 credits;

(2) 55 if the scope of the lower and upper secondary education is 330 credits;

(3) 59 if the scope of the lower and upper secondary education is a total of 360 credits.

In the absence of a lower university degree, the number of periods of support for the completion of a higher education qualification shall not exceed:

(1) 55 if the degree of qualification is 330 credits;

2) 59 if the degree of qualification is 360 credits.

§ 7 (30.4.2010)
Maximum duration of study grants in vocational training qualifications

The number of aid periods for the completion of a vocational education qualification shall not exceed:

1) 32 if the degree of qualification is 180 credits;

(2) 37 if the degree of qualification is 210 credits;

(3) 41 if the degree of qualification is 240 credits;

4) 46 if the degree of qualification is 270 credits.

The number of periods to be completed for the completion of a master's degree shall not exceed:

1) 14 if the degree of qualification is 60 credits;

(2) 19 if the degree of qualification is 90 credits;

3) 23 if the degree of qualification is 120 credits.

§ 7a (22 JUNE 2005/508)
Application for an extension of the maximum period of study aid

The application for a prolongation of the maximum period for study aid shall be accompanied by a medical certificate or other sufficient explanation of the conditions for the extension referred to in Article 7a of the Law on School Pension. The scope of the remaining studies shall be presented by the faculty, the department or the institution providing the teaching, as well as a study plan. The finished work shall be presented on the basis of the work of the director of the work and of the remaining workload.

The studies may be considered to be carried out within a maximum period of one academic year if the student presents this as a learning plan and a report that the extent of the studies missing is up to 75 credits.

CHAPTER 2

Study aid committees

§ 8 (19.5.2004)

§ 8 has been repealed by A 19.5.2004. .

§ 9
Activities of the Student Board

The Student Board shall meet at the invitation of the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson.

A quorum shall exist when the chairperson of the meeting and at least half of the members are present. Cases shall be settled in case of disagreement by a majority of the votes. In the event of a tie, the opinion which the chairman of the meeting has supported shall be equally decisive.

The School Board has a statute, which is confirmed by the university. The Statute provides for more detailed provisions for dealing with and resolving cases. (5.6.1998/401)

ARTICLE 10 (19.5.2004)
Agreement on the performance of tasks

In addition to the matters referred to in the Act, the Agreement between the People's Pensions Office and the university, referred to in Article 9a (4) (4) of the Student Law Act, shall, in addition to the matters referred to in law, agree at least on:

(1) the training and guidance of persons involved in the performance of the tasks under the contract; and

2) the validity and termination of the contract.

ARTICLE 11 (19.5.2004)
Fees for the members of the Student Board

The university shall decide on a meeting fee to be paid to the member of the Board of Education, the Secretary and the expert. In the case of reimbursement of daily allowances and travel expenses, the state and collective agreement on the reimbursement of travel expenses shall apply.

ARTICLE 12 (19.5.2004)

Paragraph 12 has been repealed by A 19.5.2004. .

CHAPTER 3

Study support benefits

ARTICLE 13 (19.5.2004)
Amount of residence in countries with low rent

The monthly population allowance is EUR 58,87 in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, in Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Estonia, EUR 75.68, and Slovakia and Hungary eur 109.32.

If a student presents a report on the fact that the monthly rent to be charged is higher than that amount, the amount of the rent is to be paid, however, by the amount of the additional housing allowance provided for in Article 14a of the Student Law Act. (1512.2005/1039)

ARTICLE 14 (30.4.2010)
Clarification of the matters extending the period of validity of the examination of the student loan

The student loan beneficiary shall submit a request for inclusion in the student loan credits provided for in Article 15d of the School Pension Act. The request shall be made in the context of a request for reprocessing referred to in Article 15e (2) or paragraph 4 of that Article. The request shall provide an explanation of the facts justifying the extension.

At the request of a student loan beneficiary, the People's Pension Fund must check the information available from its own registers on matters extending the period of validity of the examination of the student loan crediting.

§ 15 (30.4.2010)
Taking account of the factors extending the period of examination of the student loan crediting

If the ratio of the period of validity of the examination of the student loan to the credit institution is extended to two academic periods, the duration of the extension shall not exceed 30 days at either end of the semester, the degree of entitlement to a student loan May be extended by one semester. The extension shall be applied to the academic period during which the ratio has taken longer. If the ratio has lasted for the same length of each semester, an extension of these periods shall be applied to the first time.

If, during the same term, a student loan recipient has had a number of more than 30 days of the period of validity of the examination of the qualifying periods of at least 30 days, the duration of the extension shall be taken into account: During the course of the child's treatment, the student loan recipient has obtained the sickness insurance institution (1224/2004) Maternity, paternity or parental allowance.

ARTICLE 16 (18.02.2000)

Article 16 has been repealed by A 18.02.2000 .

§ 17 (25.10.2001)

Paragraph 17 has been repealed by A 25.10.2001 .

CHAPTER 4

Application, grant and payment of study aid

ARTICLE 18 (9.8.2002/691)

Article 18 has been repealed by L 9.8.2002/691 .

§ 19 (19.5.2004)
On the payment date for the study grant and the housing allowance

The allowance and accommodation allowance shall be paid on the fourth day of each calendar month or on the following business day. However, the retroactive benefits may also be paid on other business days.

§ 20 (30.4.2010)
Payment of the student loan credit

When a student loan credit is paid to a student loan beneficiary on the basis of Article 15g (4) of the Law on student loans, the Social Insurance Institution shall pay the student loan to the student loan to the European Union account. If the payment is not possible, or if the student loan beneficiary presents a specific reason accepted by the National Pensions Office, the Social Insurance Institution shall provide a payment indication to the European Union MFI for the payment of the student loan.

§ 20a (19.5.2004)

Article 20a has been repealed by A 19.5.2004. .

ARTICLE 21 (25.4.1992)

Paragraph 21 has been repealed by A 25.4.1997/370 .

§ 22 (9.8.2002/691)

§ 22 has been repealed by L 9.8.2002/691 .

CHAPTER 5

Miscellareous provisions

ARTICLES 23 TO 24

Articles 23 to 24 have been repealed by A 19.5.2004. .

ARTICLE 25 (31.1.2002/83)

Paragraph 25 has been repealed by A 31.1.2002/83 .

§ 26 (12.11.2009)
Interest rate on guarantee claims

The annual rate of interest of the State guarantee facility is 7 %.

§ 26a (25.10.2001)

Article 26a has been repealed by A 25.10.2001 .

CHAPTER 6

Advisory Board on Study Support

§ 27
Functions of the Advisory Board on Study Support

The Advisory Board for Study Support is responsible for:

(1) to monitor the implementation of student grants and the overall development of study support;

2) to present proposals and initiatives for the development of study support;

(3) promote and develop cooperation between participants in the implementation of study grants;

(4) issue opinions to the Ministry of Education and the National Pensions Office;

(5) to monitor decision-making and payment in accordance with the law on study grants;

(6) monitoring the activities of study grants; and

7) perform the other tasks assigned to it by the Ministry of Education.

ARTICLE 28
Composition of the Advisory Board

The Council of State sets the Advisory Board for study grants for a term of three years.

The Advisory Board shall consist of 14 members, each of whom shall be appointed a personal alternate. The Council of State shall designate one of the members as Chairman and one Vice-President. Members and, respectively, two alternates represent the Ministry of Education, one Ministry of Finance, one Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, one Ministry for Employment and the Economy, one MFI, two from the National Pensions Office, four students and Two institutions. One of the members of the institutions is to represent higher education institutions and other institutions. One of the students representing students represents university students, one university student, one of the students in vocational education and training and one of the students in high school education. (12.3.2009)

§ 29
The quorum of the Advisory Board

The Advisory Board shall meet at the invitation of the Chair. A quorum shall exist when the chair of the meeting and at least half of the members are present.

ARTICLE 30 (19.5.2004)
Costs and fees of the Advisory Board

The costs of the Advisory Board shall be borne by the State. The Ministry of Education decides on the fees for meetings of the Chairperson, Vice-President, Members, experts and secretaries. The reimbursement of travel expenses is subject to the state and collective agreement on the reimbursement of travel expenses.

CHAPTER 7

Entry and transitional provisions

ARTICLE 31
Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1994.

However, for the first time, the Regulation will apply to study grants for students in higher education after 1 June 1994 and to other students for the period after 1 July 1994.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

ARTICLE 32
Transitional provisions

The person referred to in Article 12 (1) (2) of the Study Aid Code may be granted adult education only in the course of studies initiated after 1 July 1990.

In the case of a diploma, (1998) The maximum amount of the monthly increase in the monthly instalment of the State guarantee in respect of student loans shall be rounded to the nearest euro. (25.10.2001)

Paragraph 3 has been repealed by A 14.12.2000/1133 .

The interest rate referred to in Article 26 of this Regulation shall apply to interest receivables levied on or after 1 July 1994. (16.12.1994/1199)

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

16.12.1994/1199:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the field of study grants (28,72) At the beginning of 1996, the maximum interest rate of the student loan shall be 0,6 percentage points lower than the average interest rate for DEM deposits.

16.12.1994/1200:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 1994.

Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

31.1.1995/140:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February 1995. This Regulation shall apply from the beginning of the spring semester 1995.

Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

12.4.1995/569:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1995.

Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

30 JUNE 1995 TO 1:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1995.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

7.6.1996/388:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1996 and shall expire on 31 December 1996.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

20.6.1996/447:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1996. Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

12.12.1996/1043:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

4.4.1997/292:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1997. However, Article 13 shall apply from 1 August 1997.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

25.4.1997/370:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1997.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

31.10.1997-91:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1998. Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

The allowances granted before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be amended to Article 15 of this Regulation as from 1 January 1998. If, at the request of the National Pensions Office or the Board of Education, the student does not deal with the owner or the landlord, the residence allowance shall be adjusted in accordance with Article 15 from the same date.

5.6.1998401:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1998.

A new member referred to in Article 28 (2) and his personal deputies shall be appointed for the remainder of the current term of office of the Advisory Board, as referred to in Article 28 (2).

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

14.12.1998-99:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, a student who has been granted a grant under a provision in force at the time of entry into force of this Regulation shall be entitled to a study grant in order to complete the studies to which the study grant is before the end of this period. The date of entry into force.

In the case of studies which commenced before the entry into force of this Regulation, the subsidy period for the academic year 1998 to 1999 shall not be revised on the basis of Article 7.

Article 7 (1) and Article 14 (1) shall apply from 1 August 1999.

18.02.2000/160

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2000.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

14.12.2000/1133:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.

25.10.2001:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002. The repealed Article 26a shall continue to apply to the recovery of study aid for 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

31.1.2002/83:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2002.

The Regulation applies for the first time to study loans for the 2002-2003 academic year. However, Article 24 (4) of the Regulation applies for the first time to study loans for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Before the entry into force of the regulation, measures may be taken to implement the Regulation.

9.8.2002/691:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 October 2002.

This Act repeals the training aid regulation of 8 April 1994 Article 10 of the ec Treaty ( Article 22 (2) and Articles 18 and 22, as amended by Regulation (eec) No 401/1998.

THEY 9/2002 , StVM 16/2002, EV 96/2002

3.4.2003/268:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2003.

Before the entry into force of the regulation, measures may be taken to implement the Regulation.

19.5.2004, P.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2004. When assessing the adequacy of studies carried out before the entry into force of the Regulation, the provisions in force before the entry into force of the Regulation shall apply.

This Regulation repeals the Decree of the Ministry of Education of 26 October 2001 on the number of housing allowances in low-rent countries (2003) .

16.12.2004:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005. This Regulation shall apply to educational credits which have been measured as credits. The provisions in force before the entry into force of this Regulation shall apply to the assessment of the adequacy of the studies measured in the weeks of study.

22.6.2005/508:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2005.

Article 7a (2) of this Regulation applies to educational credits which have been measured as credits. The credits measured in the course of study weeks shall be subject to the provisions in force before the entry into force of this Regulation.

15.12.2005/1039:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.

The Regulation shall apply from 1 November 2005.

9.2.2006/127:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2006.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

29.3.2007/400:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2007.

12.3.2009/16:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2009.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

12.11.2009/87:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.

Before the entry into force of the regulation, measures may be taken to implement the Regulation.

6.4.2011/299:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2011.

The assessment of the adequacy of studies carried out before the entry into force of this Regulation shall apply to the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Regulation.

The provisions relating to the period of validity of Article 6 of the Regulation shall apply to studies started on 1 August 2011 or later. Prior to this date, the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Regulation shall apply. The studies shall be deemed to have been started on 1 August 2011 or later if the student has taken a student placement or registered for the first time in those studies on 1 August 2011 or later.

Before the entry into force of the regulation, measures may be adopted for the implementation of the Regulation.

12:30 TO 12:30:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 August 2014. However, Article 16a (5) shall enter into force on 1 March 2014.

This law will repeal the training aid regulation (260/1994), As part of Regulations 2 9 2/1 9 9 7, 990/1998 and 299/2011

With effect from 1 August 2013, the minimum participation requirement referred to in Article 5a (2) shall also be required to consider the study of high school education. At the same time, secondary school courses in a boarding school are always considered to be the main activities.

Article 4a of the Act shall apply to the application of the training organiser before the entry into force of the law, if the training for the entitlement to study starts on 1 August 2014 or later. Where the institution has been treated as a public-controlled institution on the basis of the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Act, the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Act shall apply until 31 December 2014. If the training has started on 31 December 2014 or in the past, students will be entitled to study aid until the end of training.

The maximum period of Article 7 (2) shall apply to a university student who has completed a university degree, who takes up the place of study or is enrolled in higher education courses at the entry into force of this law. Higher education courses initiated before the entry into force of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of the maximum period in force at the time of entry into force of this Act.

Article 7 (3) and Article 11 (1) (1) to (4) and (3) (1), (3) and (3) (3) (3) and (3) (3) and (3) (3) and (3) (3) of the Law apply to a student who has taken place at university for the first time on 1 August 2014 or after. The above points of law shall also apply to a student who has accepted a place of study before 1 August 2014 but has registered for the first time on 1 August 2014 or thereafter. However, for the first time before the entry into force of the law, a student who has accepted a place of study and enrolled in the presence of a higher education institution shall apply the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of the law, in accordance with Article 11 (1) and (3); Shall be reviewed annually as provided for in Article 11 (6) of this Act.

If the study grant is increased to the same as the study grants in higher education (1999) On the basis of Article 12, the amount of the study grant provided for in Article 11 of this Law shall apply to the period after 31 July 2014.

The amounts provided for in Article 11 of the Act correspond to the number of points laid down in the Act on National Pensions Act 2013. The first increase under the Law on National Pensions referred to in Article 11 (6) of this Law shall take place at the time of entry into force of the law.

Article 15b-15g shall apply to a person who has taken the place of study for the first university degree on 1 August 2014 or thereafter. The above points of law shall also apply to a person who has accepted a place of study before 1 August 2014 but has registered for the first time on 1 August 2014 or thereafter. A person who has accepted a place of study at a higher education institution and registered for the first time prior to the entry into force of this Act shall be subject to the provisions relating to student loans which have been in force at the time of entry into force of this Act.

The income limits provided for in Article 16a (2) and (3) of the Act correspond to the point of reference of the salary coefficient referred to in Article 96 (1) of the Pensions Act 2010. The first revision of the income limits, based on the employee pension scheme provided for in Article 16a (5) of this Act, shall be carried out on 1 March 2014 and shall be consistent with the change in the salary factor in the 2010-2013 period. The revised income limits shall apply to interest subsidies on interest payable on or after 1 March 2014. Interest subsidies granted before the entry into force of this Act shall be subject to the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Act.

Article 34 shall apply to interest due on or after 1 August 2014.

THEY 116/2013 , THEY 197/2013 , SiVM 11/2013, EV 189/2013

30.4.2014/360:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2014.

The assessment of sufficient progress made before the entry into force of the Regulation shall apply to the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of the Regulation.

Articles 6 and 7 of the Regulation shall apply to a student who has taken the place of study at the university for the first time on or after 1 August 2014. Those points of law shall also apply to a student who has accepted a place of study before 1 August 2014 but has registered for the first time on or after 1 August 2014.

5.6.2014/411:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2014.