Education Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

Amends the: Higher Education Support Act 2003 to: amend the student identifier requirements for a person’s eligibility to receive Commonwealth assistance; provide for new Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt arrangements for rural, remote or very remote health practitioners; provide that units of study undertaken as part of an enabling course will not count towards a student’s student learning entitlement; extend the FEE-HELP loan fee exemption to 31 December 2022; provide that domestic students undertaking a microcredential course are eligible for FEE-HELP; and provide that New Zealand citizens are eligible for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP only if they are a resident in Australia for the duration of the unit; and Higher Education Support Act 2003 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 to make technical amendments.
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