Bill
Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-09-14. Education and Training portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education and Training
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-09-05
- other — 2017-09-05
- second reading — 2017-09-06
- second reading — 2017-09-06
- other — 2017-09-06
- third reading — 2017-09-06
- introduced — 2017-09-07
- second reading — 2017-09-07
- second reading — 2017-09-07
- second reading — 2017-09-07
- third reading — 2017-09-07
- passed — 2017-09-07
- royal assent — 2017-09-14
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-08-10.
The bill would let the Minister for Education and Training adjust fees in the Overseas Students Tuition Fund to respond quickly to changes in the international education market.
It would give the minister power to set the administrative and base fee parts of the annual levy paid by education providers, with the aim of keeping the fund balance between $30 million and $50 million.
The explanatory memorandum says the change is a one-off reduction and fee settings may not be updated every year.
- The bill gives the minister authority to manage the fund's balance proactively.
- It allows the minister to set lower administrative and base fees to reduce the fund's reserves.
- It removes the need for the fund to stay within its current target range by letting the minister adjust fees as needed.
International education providers registered under the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 would pay different levy fees set by the minister.
Sources
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