Bill
Higher Education Support Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Education and Training portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education and Training
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-12-04
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2018-09-19.
This bill would make higher education providers pay fees and charges to the government.
It would introduce an application fee for new providers seeking FEE-HELP approval and an annual charge for existing providers, with amounts set by regulations.
The annual charge would vary by provider size based on yearly enrolments, and a fee schedule consistent with government cost recovery guidelines would be prepared before the regulations are made.
- Introduces an application fee for prospective FEE-HELP providers to fund the application process.
- Requires higher education providers to pay an annual charge as a condition of their approval.
- Allows the annual charge amount to be prescribed by regulations, with different amounts for different provider sizes.
- Provides for the Department of Education and Training to collect and recover the annual charge.
Higher education providers, especially those seeking or holding FEE-HELP approval, and the Department of Education and Training.
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