Thank you. Can I just get information on what the criteria requirements are? It's needs-based, but is it only on income and the need for money? Say if someone, what Mr. Ramsay was talking about, was going to law school, I know when I went to law school in '94, when I started, my tuition fee was like $1500, which probably nobody could believe now. When I was finishing three years later, it was $5,000. The last I heard it was about $12,000 a year to go to school. Could somebody borrow the entire $12,000 to pay for that even if they couldn't prove that they were really, really poor but having that $12,000 would help them with their loan? Do you know what I mean? Not really, really poor, but all students are poor because when you go to school you can't have much income. I guess what I am saying is the situation is so different for every student depending on what program they are taking, whether they have children or not. Some people have no children but they have had some money saved and they may have money in the bank, but their need for money is a lot higher because of the fact that they are going into a program that is costing more money than other programs, for example. So can you just apply to the SFA program and say I would really like to tap into the $60,000 to pay for the three years of my tuition at law school, med school, engineering school or any school you want to go to, even if you have some money and you have it stored away in your bank account?
Sandy Lee on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on August 16th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
August 16th, 2007
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