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| | Higher Education Act is a [[Liberalian Law]] to set up free tuition in Universities. It included an amendment to the [[Education Act]] | | Higher Education Act is a [[Liberalian Law]] to set up free tuition in Universities. It included an amendment to the [[Education Act]] |
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| - | == The Bill ==
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| - | Preamble.
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| - | This is a bill to allow free education for all those in Higher Education.
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| - | Article I Purpose
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| - | Clause 1: Higher Education shall be defined as education at colleges, universities, graduate schools, law schools for students having attained the age of 18 and moved on from Secondary Schools as defined in The Education Act.
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| - | Section a: Universities may lower age requirements for exceptional students.
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| - | Clause 2: Higher Education Institutions may set their own minimum entry qualifications but to bear in mind, age and previous level of schooling.
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| - | Clause 3: There shall be no discrimination against those students seeking direct entry from Secondary Modern Schools and Vocational Training College or entry within 5 years of leaving secondary schooling (defined as the July of the year in which they left school) except where minimum entry qualifications exist.
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| - | Section a: All students defined in Article I Clause 3 applying to the Higher Education Institutions must be offered the same minimum entry qualification.
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| - | Section b: Mature students defined as those who have left secondary schooling more than 5 years previously, Higher Education Institutions may change minimum entry qualifications for these students.
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| - | Article II Funding
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| - | Clause 1: No students shall be required to pay for their tuition. Funding shall come directly from the Nation in which the Higher Education Institution exists or Liberalia.
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| - | Section a: Foreign Students will be required to pay for their own tuition.
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| - | Clause 2: Extra costs such as books and field trips will be met from the student's own funds
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| - | Article III Bursaries
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| - | Clause 1: Bursaries may be available to students whose parents combined income do not exceed 3/4 of the mean average salary in that nation in which they live.
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| - | Clause 2: Bursaries may come in two forms, course costs and living costs.
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| - | Section a: Course costs are those costs relating to the course that the student may not otherwise afford. This may include and is not restricted to musical instruments, research trips, field trips.
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| - | Section b: Living costs are those that the lack of the award may mean that the student cannot afford to keep studying at the University. This may include and is not restricted to rent and travel costs.
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| - | Section c: Costs in a bursary shall be decided on a case by case basis.
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| - | Clause 3: Bursaries are to be awarded on academic merit.
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| - | Clause 4: The Nation in which the Higher Education Institution exists shall contribute an extra 50% of the bursary that the Higher Education Institution shall offer.
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| - | Section a: Sample Calculation, if the Higher Education Institution offers 1000L then the Nation shall contribute an extra 500L
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| - | Section b: A Higher Education Institution may make a bursary available to Foreign students.
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| - | Article IV Cost of Living
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| - | Clause 1: A Student Loan Company (SLC) shall be set up to loan monies to students for living costs.
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| - | Section a: This shall be administered by the Regional Bank of Liberalia.
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| - | Clause 2: Taking a loan shall be voluntary
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| - | Clause 3: The loan company may pay out up to 5,000L per year.
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| - | Section a: The student alone shall decide on the total amount of loan to take out.
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| - | Section b: There shall be no pressure on a student to take out a bigger loan.
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| - | Clause 4: Repayment shall be on the following terms
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| - | Section a: That the student has finished their course for which they were funded by the SLC
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| - | Section b: That the student earns more than 8/10ths of the mean average salary in the nation in which they live per year.
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| - | Section c: That the repayment per month shall not be more than 10% of their take home salary or wage.
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| - | Section d: Interest defined as Annual Percentage Rate (APR) shall not exceed 2% per year.
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| - | Article V Misc
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| - | Clause 1: A Regional body called Disputes in Education (DiE) shall be set up to solve disputes arising from this bill.
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| - | Section a: To resolve a dispute, the student must approach their Higher Education Institution first, if they are not satisfied, then they approach the Government of the Nation in which the Higher Education Institution exists and if they are not satisfied, only then may they appeal to the DiE
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| - | Section b: Decisions of the DiE are final.
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| - | Clause 2: Disputes as per Article IV Clause 3 Sections a and b shall be referred directly to DiE
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| - | Section a: DiE will decide on an appropriate punishment of breaches. up to and including stripping the SLC of their rights to administer loans pending a vote in Parliament.
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ZFvKdU Hey, thanks for the article.Really looking forward to read more. Great.
