Bill
Education Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-11-28. Education portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-10-16
- second reading — 2019-10-16
- second reading — 2019-10-24
- second reading — 2019-10-24
- third reading — 2019-10-24
- introduced — 2019-11-11
- second reading — 2019-11-11
- second reading — 2019-11-14
- second reading — 2019-11-14
- third reading — 2019-11-14
- passed — 2019-11-14
- royal assent — 2019-11-28
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 2019-10-16.
This bill aims to lower the cost and widen access to higher education for students.
It raises the maximum HELP loan amount for aviation students, cuts indexation for remote teachers, forgives their study debts after four years of service, and lets the Department of Human Services view education records to manage student payments.
The higher loan limit is set at $152,700 for 2020.
- Increases the combined HELP loan limit for students in eligible aviation courses from 1 January 2020.
- Allows the Minister to decide which aviation courses qualify for the higher limit.
- Provides for partial or full remission of HELP debt for teachers after four years in very remote schools.
- Reduces indexation on HELP debt for teachers in very remote locations.
- Permits the Department of Human Services to access higher education and VET student loan data to administer student benefits.
Students in eligible aviation courses, teachers in very remote schools, and the Department of Human Services.
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