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Bill: Tuition Fee Loan Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: March 2874
Description[?]:
| This Act will introduce tuition fees for those going on to study at university. Those between the ages of 18 and 25, whose parents earn under 10,000HLR will have their tuition fully subsidized by the government. A maintenance loan of 3,000HLR over three years will be available. Those between the ages of 18 and 25, whose parents earn between 10,000HLR and 19,999HLR will receive the entire loan amount, plus 3,000HLR maintenance costs over three years. Those between the ages of 18 and 25, whose parents earn between 20,000HLR and 34,999HLR will receive the entire loan amount, plus 2,000HLR maintenance costs over three years. Those between the ages of 18 and 25, whose parents earn between 35,000HLR and 49,999HLR will receive the entire loan amount, plus 1,500HLR maintenance costs over three years. Those between the ages of 18 and 25, whose parents earn 50,000HLR and over will receive the entire loan amount. Those over the age of 25 will be ineligible for loan support. Loans shall be paid back once the individual is earning over 15,000HLR in a financial year, and the rate of interest shall remain effectively at 0%, rising only with the rate of inflation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
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 | 21:10:46, January 04, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Tuition Fee Loan Act |
| Message | Why is this limited to those under 25? Retraining of the existing workforce is important too. Nevertheless, we will support this bill and support an amendment at a later date. |
| Date | 21:11:16, January 04, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Tuition Fee Loan Act |
| Message | Actually, we will not support this bill and continue to support free university and technical school for everyone. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 264 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 127 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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