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Bill: Tuition Fees Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberālā Savienība
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: August 3952
Description[?]:
| Once students are earning an above-average wage, it is not unreasonable to expect them to contribute to a portion of the cost of their tuition. Arnita Birzkalns Minister of Education & Culture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
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 | 11:18:23, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Progresīvs Partija | To | Debating the Tuition Fees Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker We stand strongly against this. |
| Date | 16:58:04, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Tuition Fees Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I hope the Progressives will explain why hard-working people on modest incomes who didn't enjoy the privilege of going to university should be expected to subsidise those who do go to university and earn high salaries as a result. Shouldn't university students contribute at least *something* towards the cost of their education? Arnita Birzkalns Minister of Education & Culture |
| Date | 17:08:38, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Progresīvs Partija | To | Debating the Tuition Fees Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker Some people simply cannot afford higher education, and it is immoral for money to play such a large role in something as important as deciding an individuals future! We also find it immoral that for those who can afford it will still be largely in debt for many decades as a result of wanting to better themselves and get dream jobs. This is not the moral thing to do! |
| Date | 17:11:51, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Tuition Fees Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I remind the PP that under this proposal, graduates will not be saddled with debts they cannot pay. They will only begin to repay the loans after their earnings have gone above average-earnings, and they will only repay the loan at a modest and affordable rate. This is a fair proposal and it deserves to be supported. The PP is effectively demanding that dustbin men, postal workers, cleaners and bus drivers should subsidise accountants, lawyers and doctors. How is that fair? How is that "Progress"? Arnita Birzkalns Minister of Education & Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 243 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 407 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public." - Kin Hubbard |