Bill
Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-06-24. Education, Skills and Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education, Skills and Employment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-03-18
- second reading — 2021-03-18
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- third reading — 2021-05-13
- introduced — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-06-17
- second reading — 2021-06-17
- third reading — 2021-06-17
- passed — 2021-06-17
- royal assent — 2021-06-24
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-03-18.
This bill would let some people who once held permanent humanitarian visas keep their access to student loans after switching to a different visa type.
It would amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to give the Minister power to extend loan eligibility from 1 January 2022 through a legislative instrument.
The bill also makes minor technical changes to student protections, Indigenous language references, grant funding and grandfathering arrangements.
- Allows former permanent humanitarian visa holders who obtain a resident return visa to keep their Higher Education Loan Program eligibility.
- Gives the Minister authority to extend loan availability to holders of certain visas via a legislative instrument from 1 January 2022.
- Aligns student protection provisions across all HELP programs.
- Clarifies references to Indigenous languages.
- Streamlines the operation of grant funding.
- Clarifies the operation of grandfathering arrangements.
Higher education students who are former permanent humanitarian visa holders and now hold a resident return visa.
Sources
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