'Means-test to share the college cash'
THE level of States support for every senior pupil at the colleges will be individually means-tested if an amendment is approved.
THE level of States support for every senior pupil at the colleges will be individually means-tested if an amendment is approved.
The Policy Council has proposed that the current system of funding Elizabeth College, the Ladies' College and Blanchelande continues for the next seven years with the amount of States support being reduced over that time by, eventually, £1.1m. a year.
But Deputy Jan Kuttelwascher (pictured) backs one of the options rejected by the Policy Council.
He wants a new lump sum bursary grant to be paid, with Education and the colleges developing criteria for how much each pupil receives.
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