VCAA Bulletin
No. 37 - April 2018
Administrative
Advice

Administrative Advice

Changes to VCAA fees and charges for 2018
Collecting Indigenous status of students in VASS
Important changes to the VASS VCE Eligibility report and English unit count
VCE, VET, VCAL and International Baccalaureate Enrolment data

Changes to VCAA fees and charges for 2018

VASS administrators and VCE and VCAL coordinators are advised that VCAA fees and charges have increased as of Monday 16 April 2018.

The new approved fees and charges have been published on the VCAA website. VCE and VCAL coordinators should advise relevant staff of the changes.

All VCAA forms relating to a service for which a fee applies have been updated with the new approved fees and charges. Any form that relates to a service for which a fee applies, and is submitted to the VCAA, must be accompanied by the new approved 2018 fee for that service.

VASS administrators and VCE and VCAL coordinators are asked to print and disseminate the updated VASS-based forms to relevant staff, campuses and external organisations, and destroy all copies of 2017 forms that include superseded fees and charges. For more information, see the Summary Schedule of Fees and Charges webpage. Please refer to Notice to Schools 23/2018.

Collecting Indigenous status of students in VASS

Improving the educational outcomes for all Indigenous students in Victoria is a priority for the Department of Education and Training. Critical to this priority is monitoring the performance of senior secondary Indigenous students. Schools are asked to assist by ensuring that all senior secondary students indicate their Indigenous status on the Student Personal Details form. Please refer to Notice to Schools 16/2018 for details.

Important changes to the VASS VCE Eligibility report and English unit count

Following changes to the English requirement for satisfactory completion of the VCE from 2018, the VASS VCE Eligibility report is changing to accommodate the new English rules. Please refer to Notice to Schools 18/2018 for details.

VCE, VET, VCAL and International Baccalaureate enrolment data

Schools are reminded that the last day for VCE Units 3 and 4 (including VCE Baccalaureate), VCE VET, VCAL and International Baccalaureate enrolment is Monday 30 April 2018. This data will be used to finalise the 2018 VCE Examination Timetable.

Schools should ensure that VCE student programs have at least three units from the English group, two of which must be a Unit 3–4 sequence to meet the new English requirement for satisfactory completion of the VCE. Please refer to Notice to Schools 25/2018 for details.