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senate vote 2023-06-20#3
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Bills — Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023; in Committee- Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Pilot
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<p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>The question before the chair is that amendment (1) on sheet 1965 revised, moved by Senator Henderson, be agreed to.</p>-
- The majority voted against [amendment (1) on sheet 1965 revised](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-19.203.1), which was introduced by Victorian Senator [Sarah Henderson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/sarah_henderson) (Liberal), meaning it was not successful.
- ### What do the amendments do?
- Senator Henderson [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-19.203.1):
- > *This is a very important proposal to provide that, before the Startup Year program is rolled out in full, the universities or the government require the universities to conduct a pilot.*
- ### Amendment text
- > *(1) Schedule 1, item 25, page 9 (after line 17), after Division 128A, insert:*
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- >> *Division 128AA — Accelerator program course pilot*
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- >> *128AA-1 Accelerator program course pilot*
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- >> *(1) The Minister must cause an accelerator program course pilot to be conducted.*
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- >> *(2) Without limiting the matters that may be included in the STARTUP-HELP Guidelines, those guidelines must:*
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- >>> *(a) nominate at least one, but no more than 2, higher education providers to conduct the pilot (the nominated higher education providers); and*
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- >>> *(b) prescribe requirements in relation to the conduct of the pilot; and*
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- >>> *(c) provide for an independent review of the pilot; and*
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- >>> *(d) prescribe requirements in relation to the conduct of the independent review; and*
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- >>> *(e) provide that a report of the independent review be tabled in each House of the Parliament.*
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- >> *(3) A higher education provider (other than the nominated higher education providers) must not enrol a person in an accelerator program course until the pilot is completed.*
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- >> *(4) The pilot must be completed no later than 2 years after the commencement of this section.*
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- >> *(5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4), the pilot is completed when the report of the independent review of the pilot is tabled in each House of the Parliament.*
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- >> *(6) For the purposes of entitlement to STARTUP-HELP assistance under subsection 128B-1(1), the pilot is an accelerator program course.*
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