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Home Educators Exempt from Centrelink Activity Test Many home educating families are affected by the changes to Parenting Payment made in July 2006 that require recipients to undertake an activity test in order to qualify for benefits once the youngest child has turned seven. The activity test requires parents to register with an employment service provider and look for paid work of at least 15 hours per week. Registered home educators are exempted from this requirement. As Centrelink's exemption for homeschoolers specifically mentions registration it is advisable for home educating parents receiving benefits to look into the home education registration process in their state. See Registration as Home Educators in Australia . During the Centrelink interview you will need to provide evidence of registration. If you are applying for registration as home educators take along any letters to show that you are in the process of obtaining registration. Centrelink usually organise activity test participation interviews several weeks before the youngest child's seventh birthday. The letter should confirm an appointment with the relevant educational authority in your state. You can also give Centrelink the contact details of the person or office overseeing your application for registration as a home educator. Most Centrelink staff are unfamiliar with the concept of home education. HEA is happy to send you some information flyers that you can take to your interview to give to Centrelink staff. This would help demonstrate that home education is a widely practiced and accepted alternative to school based education. It is normal Centrelink practice to inform you of any documents you need to provide and to allow you time to supply them if you don't have them by the time of the appointment. They will give you a list of what you need to provide, and a date by which you will need to provide it. It may also help to download, print and take the following Centrelink fact sheet with you, as it points out that registered homeschoolers are exempt: Changes to Parenting Payment According to one homeschooler, the most common approach is to put parents on an agreement which means you have to submit a form every 3 months to let them know you are still homeschooling, but you should not have to do any "activity" in the way of work, volunteer work or training. The following links provide further definitions and information. Activity Test Exemption: Definition of Home Education Home educators Click here for a full list of articles and pages on this website. |
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Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network.
Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home.
In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and was a committee member for three years during which time she edited and produced the HEA Newsletter, Stepping Stones for Home Educators magazine, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications.
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