Jersey’s government have voted though major plans to fill the island’s financial black hole.
They include a package of cutting public sector jobs, freezing pay and scrapping bonuses to find £145m each year until 2019.
Deputy Jeremy Macon lost his bid to get more funding for university grants.
He was calling for an extra £1.4m to help students from low to middle income families afford higher education.
The States voted against the proposal; Deputy Macon accused the assembly of not making the issue a 'priority'.
Annual tuition fees of £9,000 upwards are a barrier for families who are just above the threshold for the States' grant scheme.
The Chief Minister did promise to set up a separate funding mechanism for future university students by next September.
Deputy Doublet's amendment has been passed in the States, meaning education will receive an extra £260k investment next year.
Jersey States is currently debating how to save £145m. But where exactly is that saved money going to end up?
States members in Jersey will begin debating how to make hundreds of millions of pounds worth of cuts today.