The diagrams below explain how start dates determine which fees are covered by TTAF for programmes that are eligible from 1 July 2020. 

For SAC 3+ funded providers, the proportion of a course that occurs before, after, or between certain dates has been determined based on the number of days between the start and end date, including the start and end date. 

Which fees are covered for programmes eligible from 1 July 2020? - Start date diagram for providers (PDF 172 KB) (PDF, 172 Kb)

A similar version of this diagram created to share with learners is also available here:

Which fees are covered for programmes that are eligible from 1 July 2020? - Start date diagram for learners (PDF 168 KB) (PDF, 168 Kb)

The start date rules for programmes that are eligible from 1 January 2021 are detailed below. 

Learners, or those who paid on behalf of learners, will need to be refunded if they have already paid for programmes that a TEO is now eligible to receive TTAF funding for.

Which fees are covered for programmes that are eligible from 1 January 2021?

For SAC 3+ funded programmes that are eligible from 1 January 2021 as a result of the new target areas, the TTAF will cover courses in eligible programmes and qualifications that start on or after 1 January 2021. This is the case even where the qualification or programme started before 1 January 2021, but there are courses that start on or after.

The TTAF will cover 100% of the fees for courses in newly eligible programmes for 2021 that start:

• in November or December 2020 where one third or more of the course occurs after 1 January 2021; or
• between 1 July and 31 October 2020 where at least 75% of the course occurs after 1 January 2021.

The TTAF will also cover 50% of the fees for courses in newly eligible programmes for 2021 that start between 1 July and 31 October 2020 where at least 50% but less than 75% of the course occurs after 1 January 2021.

Start date of coverage for Industry Training Fund funded training in new target areas for 2021: As with the initial target areas, the TTAF will cover training that occurs from 1 January 2021.

The qualification list is routinely updated. If you have learners for newly added qualifications, you need to refund these learners in a reasonable time.

TEOs will need to work with Studylink to pay the relevant fee amounts to the Ministry of Social Development where loans have already been provided to cover a student’s fees.

TEC has updated its Fees Free reporting to TEOs to exclude TTAF enrolments. All Fees Free allocations and wash-ups have been updated to reverse any TTAF enrolments.