VRQA: Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority – the registration body which registers home ed students of compulsory education age.
DET: Victorian Department of Education and Training
TAFE: Tertiary and Further Education institutions.
VET: Vocational Education Training i.e. certificate courses
VETiS: Vocational Education Training in Schools
Skills First Funding – the funding arrangements for all VET courses.
Smart and Skilled Policy – the NSW equivalent of the Victorian Skills First policy
Isolated Children’s Allowance – remote home educators and those whose children have special needs can be eligible for this Centrelink payment.
VCE: Victorian Certificate of Education (Year 11 and 12)
VSV: Virtual School Victoria, formerly known as Distance Education Centre Victoria (DECV). Most home educators are ineligible until year 10 when they can enrol in VSV if they have been registered with the VRQA for the 12 months prior.