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Flemish Parliament 2025-2026 – nr. 759 Education and training Passed

Tighter rules for study grants and Brussels childcare funding

Official title: Ontwerp van decreet tot wijziging van meerdere decreten over het beleidsdomein Onderwijs en Vorming, wat betreft de studietoelagen in het hoger onderwijs en de kinderdagverblijven en voor- en nabewaking in het tweetalige gebied Brussel-Hoofdstad

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘published in the Belgian Official Gazette’)

In plain language

  • The Flemish government raises the study grant requirement to 54 credits, sets a 30-year age limit, and cuts education funds for daycare and school supervision in Brussels.
  • This affects higher education students, families with children in Brussels, and staff working in Dutch-language community schools and childcare facilities.
  • You will need to study nearly full-time and be under 30 to qualify for a grant, although exceptions apply and reduced tuition rates remain available for lower incomes.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

Official text (PDF) Parliamentary file

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 23 March 2026
  2. Approved by parliament 17 June 2026
  3. Given royal assent by the government not yet
  4. Published in the Belgian Official Journal not yet
  5. In force not yet

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How parliament voted

Passed on 17 June 2026

62 for · 50 against · 3 abstention(s)

A parliamentary group is the group of members of parliament from one party. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

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  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: party colour
  • N-VA Voted for

    30 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Vlaams Belang Voted against

    0 for · 28 against · 0 abstentions

  • Vooruit Voted for

    16 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • cd&v Voted for

    15 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Groen Divided

    0 for · 8 against · 1 abstention

  • PVDA Voted against

    0 for · 8 against · 0 abstentions

  • Anders. Divided

    0 for · 5 against · 2 abstentions

  • Onafhankelijke Voted for

    1 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Team Fouad Ahidar Voted against

    0 for · 1 against · 0 abstentions

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