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• Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: provide demand-driven funding to diploma, advanced diploma and associate degree courses and extend government subsidies to bachelor and sub-bachelor courses at private universities and non-university higher education providers; remove the maximum student contribution amounts; remove the maximum student contribution amounts that providers can charge students in Commonwealth supported places; merge the FEE-HELP and HECS-HELP loan schemes, including the removal of the FEE-HELP loan fee and lifetime limits, HECS-HELP upfront discount and HELP voluntary repayment bonus; establish a Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme to support disadvantaged students; maintain the CPI indexation rate as the HELP indexation rate; provide for HECS indexation relief for primary carers of children up to five years of age; lower the minimum repayment threshold for HELP debts; enable providers to charge Research Training Scheme students capped tuition fees; remove the lifetime limits on VET FEE-HELP loans and the VET FEE-HELP loan fee; replace the Higher Education Grants Index with the CPI; update the name of the University of Ballarat to Federation University Australia; enable certain New Zealand citizens to be eligible for HELP assistance;

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to provide that the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency may determine when fees may be refunded, and disclose certain information;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to discontinue the HECS-HELP benefit;

  Australian National University Act 1991

  ,

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to enable additional investment in research through the Future Fellowships Scheme, apply indexation, apply a one-off efficiency dividend, and add an additional forward estimate amount. Also: amends the Commonwealth Grants Scheme Guidelines 2012, Other Grants Guidelines (Education) 2012 and Other Grants Guidelines (Research) 2012; and repeals the Higher Education (Designated Courses of Study) Specification 2011 and a determination made under subsection 169-20(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 [FRLI No. F2007B01092]. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 [1998]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 1996 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: allow higher education providers to impose an annual capped compulsory student services and amenities fee of $250 from 1 July 2009; establish the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP): Services and Amenities-HELP (SA-HELP) to enable eligible students to access a loan for the fee; and require higher education providers that receive funding for student places under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to implement National Access to Services Benchmarks. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: allow higher education providers to impose an annual capped compulsory student services and amenities fee of $250 from 1 July 2009; establish the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP): Services and Amenities-HELP (SA-HELP) to enable eligible students to access a loan for the fee; require higher education providers that receive funding for student places under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to implement National Access to Services Benchmarks; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: broaden the guidelines-making powers to vary the VET FEE-HELP debt; allow different requirements to apply to different students undertaking VET units of study; and provide that officers of Tertiary Admission Centres have the same status and duty of care as those of higher education providers in relation to processing student information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Voluntary Student Services and Amenities Fee) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGRATH, Sen James 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to remove the compulsory student services and amenities fee levied on all higher education students. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jul 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: addition of Melbourne University Private to the list of Table B higher education providers; new maximum aggregate funding levels for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme; operation of summer schools; extension of time within which students must submit their Commonwealth assistance request; entitlement to HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP and OS-HELP assistance; repayments by higher education providers of advances; and definition of undergraduate and postgraduate higher education award;

  Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

  to: provide for transitional arrangements for the repayment of special purpose grants; and OS-HELP prior study requirements;

  Australian National University Act 1991

  to extend the time within which the Minister must make appointments to the ANU Council; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to update annual funding caps. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support (Charges) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Higher Education Support Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2018, the bill imposes an annual charge on all higher education providers whose students are entitled to HECS-HELP assistance or FEE-HELP assistance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum