BILL NO. 161

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007

Private Member's Bill

Student Aid Act
(amended)

Leonard Preyra
Halifax Citadel

First Reading: March 28, 2007

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill amends the Student Aid Act to require the Government to establish a new low-income bursary program before September 1, 2007.

1 Chapter 449 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Student Aid Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 16 the following Section:

17 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Government shall, before September 1, 2007, establish a new bursary program for academically qualified low-income post-secondary students that will assist those students in overcoming financial, geographical and other challenges to accessibility to post-secondary education.

(2) The moneys required for the purpose of this Section shall be paid from moneys appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.