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Bill: Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hulstrian Labor Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2663
Description[?]:
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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 fully subsidizes tuition.
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 | 14:17:36, November 08, 2008 CET | From |  Hulstrian Labor Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) |
| Message | Government pays for university education until the point where they are earning a suitable living wage and can afford to pay the money back slowly. The means test is set at the students income level only, not the parents income. If the student can pay for the university fees outright, than they do not qualify for the loan. Assets do not count unless they are easily liquidated items, such as gold, shares, government bonds etc. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 124 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 526 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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