ISSN 1328â8091 Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 40, 2010-11 15 November 2010 Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Carol Kempner Social Policy Section Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 The Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 ................................................................... 2 Government responses to problems in the international education sector ...................................... 3 Baird Review amendments take a new regulatory approach ............................................................ 5 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 7 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 7 Main issues ............................................................................................................................................... 8 The proposed Risk Management Model............................................................................................. 8 Issues ............................................................................................................................................. 9 The proposed Overseas Students Ombudsman ................................................................................. 9 Comment ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Key provisions ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Concluding comments ........................................................................................................................... 16 2 Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Date introduced: 27 October 2010 House: Senate Portfolio: Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations Commencement: Sections 1-3 on the day of Royal Assent and Schedules 1 and 2 the later of the day after Royal Assent or 1 January 2011. Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/. Purpose The Bill would amend the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS Act) to
Date: 15/11/2010 - Collection: Bills and Legislation - ID: legislation/billsdgs/362376 - Source: Bills Digest Service - Author: KEMPNER, Carol