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Bill: Higher Education Reform Act 2654
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party of Tukarali
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2655
Description[?]:
| To introduce means tested loans as a way of funding further education. The rate of interest on these loans will be 1% per annum to cover administration costs (this may be lowered or raised at a later date by an act of the legislature) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:21:05, October 22, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Reform Act 2654 |
| Message | Higher education is expensive. If students are saddled with the full cost of university study, you'll have a massive drop in enrolments. This is a bad thing, as it will reduce the amount of skilled labour in our economy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 252 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 248 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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