Bill
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-08-13. Education, Skills and Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education, Skills and Employment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-25
- second reading — 2021-05-25
- third reading — 2021-05-25
- introduced — 2021-06-15
- second reading — 2021-06-15
- second reading — 2021-08-03
- second reading — 2021-08-05
- second reading — 2021-08-05
- committee — 2021-08-05
- committee — 2021-08-09
- third reading — 2021-08-09
- passed — 2021-08-09
- royal assent — 2021-08-13
Divisions
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2021-05-25, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 79, noes 68
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-05-13.
This bill updates the law to introduce a new charge on registered higher education providers, replacing some fees with a broader cost recovery model.
The charge would be set by regulations, with the agency consulting stakeholders on a draft implementation statement before the rules are made.
The charge starts at 20% of costs on 1 January 2022, rises to 50% in 2023, and reaches full cost recovery by 1 January 2024.
- The bill requires higher education providers to pay the new charge and any late payment penalties.
- Non-payment of the charge would breach a registration condition and could lead to enforcement by the agency.
- The bill allows the agency to issue guidelines to help administer the charge.
Registered higher education providers and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
Sources
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