'L69 Lov om ændring af lov om adgangsregulering ved videregående uddannelser: ', colloquially known as 'Uddannelsesloftet', is a repealed Danish law limiting access to multiple higher educations. Originally proposed on November 9, 2016, by the then Minister of Higher Education and Science, Ulla Tørnæs, the law called for restricting persons from full-time, state-funded higher education if those persons had already completed a state-funded higher education on a similar or lower level, though some exceptions were made for enrollment into educations with particularly low unemployment rates after graduation. The law was at the time of proposal estimated to free up DKK 342.3 million in the national budget, which was to be directed towards unemployment benefits instead. The proposal was passed in the Danish Parliament on December 19, 2016, with 79 votes for and 24 against. Drawing intense criticism from both students, educational institutions, worker's unions and corporations, Uddannelsesloftet was amended the following month of January 2017. The amendment relaxed the law's heavy restrictions on educational reenrollments, replacing the life-time restriction of education graduates from pursuing further state-funded education with a required six-year waiting period between the graduation from one education and the subsequent enrollment into another. Specifically, after a six-year waiting period:
... vocational university graduates would again be allowed to attend vocational university.
... persons with educations falling into the categories 'Professionsbachelor'or 'akademiske bachelorer' as well as other persons with a higher education of category 'medium-length' would again be allowed to enter a second educational program of similar kind.
... persons with masters degrees would be allowed to enroll in a vocational-university education or a second bachelor's or master's degree.
Additionally, no six-year waiting period was required if:
On January 26, 2018, a citizen-proposed law to abolish the ceiling was put forth. The proposal to abolish was rejected by Parliament, which favored its continued existence. Having received continuous criticism from students, educational institutions, multiple political parties and more, Uddannelsesloftet was repealed on December 2, 2019, as part of the newly elected government's negotiations on the national budget. The repeal is scheduled to take effect as of January 1, 2020.
