Division
The majority voted against leaving unchanged items (9), (13), (15) and (18) in schedule 5. In parliamentary jargon, the voted against those items '*standing as printed*'. ### What do these items do? These items relate to the deregulatory aspects of the bills' proposed policy change. For example, item 9 removes the requirement that education providers keep all tuition fees that they receive before an international student begins their studies in a designated account. This requirement was introduced to reduce financial risk to the [Tuition Protection Service](https://tps.gov.au/Home/NotLoggedIn), which assists students who are struggling to get a refund where their education provider cannot deliver their course. Read more in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1516a/16bd059). ### What do these bills do? These bills amend the [Educational Services for Overseas Students regulatory framework](https://internationaleducation.gov.au/regulatory-information/pages/regulatoryinformation.aspx), which has three main objectives: * '*to provide tuition assurance, and refunds, for overseas students for courses for which they have paid and* * *to protect and enhance Australia’s reputation for quality education and training services and* * *to complement Australia’s migration laws by ensuring providers collect and report information relevant to the administration of the law relating to student visas.*'
Senate, 2015-11-30. negative: ayes 30, noes 32.
Question
The majority voted against leaving unchanged items (9), (13), (15) and (18) in schedule 5. In parliamentary jargon, the voted against those items '*standing as printed*'. ### What do these items do? These items relate to the deregulatory aspects of the bills' proposed policy change. For example, item 9 removes the requirement that education providers keep all tuition fees that they receive before an international student begins their studies in a designated account. This requirement was introduced to reduce financial risk to the [Tuition Protection Service](https://tps.gov.au/Home/NotLoggedIn), which assists students who are struggling to get a refund where their education provider cannot deliver their course. Read more in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1516a/16bd059). ### What do these bills do? These bills amend the [Educational Services for Overseas Students regulatory framework](https://internationaleducation.gov.au/regulatory-information/pages/regulatoryinformation.aspx), which has three main objectives: * '*to provide tuition assurance, and refunds, for overseas students for courses for which they have paid and* * *to protect and enhance Australia’s reputation for quality education and training services and* * *to complement Australia’s migration laws by ensuring providers collect and report information relevant to the administration of the law relating to student visas.*'
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Related bills
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