329:, Bozzoli won a seat in the National Assembly. Upon election, she became the Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training. She was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training and the DA's contact for Boksburg West constituency during the 2014–19 parliament. In October 2016 she criticised the African National Congress Party's universities policy which she said had seen government funding fall from 50% to 40% of university income since 1994 and led to budget shortfalls, larger class sizes and increased fees.
336:. Bozzoli was then made Shadow Minister for the newly created Higher Education, Science and Technology portfolio. In June 2020 she raised concerns over the South African government's move to write off 1.96 billion rand of student debt. Bozzoli stated that the DA had no objection to the debts of low-income students being forgiven, but queried whether the move would benefit high-earning students who were simply unwilling to pay back loans. She was also concerned about the impact on funding for universities.
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