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

Type	Government
Originating house	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.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	11/02/09
Second reading moved	11/02/09
Second reading debate	24/02/09
Second reading debate	26/02/09
Referred to Main Committee	12/03/09
Second reading debate	12/03/09
Second reading debate	16/03/09
Second reading debate	17/03/09
Second reading debate	18/03/09
Reported from Main Committee	18/03/09	Details: Further proceedings on the bill be conducted in the House
Second reading debate	18/03/09
Second reading debate	19/03/09
Second reading agreed to	19/03/09
Third reading agreed to	19/03/09

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	20/03/09
Second reading moved	20/03/09
Second reading debate	13/08/09
Second reading debate	17/08/09
Second reading agreed to	17/08/09
Committee of the Whole debate	17/08/09	Amendment details: 1 Government agreed to
Committee of the Whole debate	18/08/09
Third reading negatived	18/08/09