Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe announces expansion to graduation rebate program

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SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising more tuition help for students as long as they stick around in the province after graduation.

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This article was published 02/10/2024 (453 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SASKATOON – Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising more tuition help for students as long as they stick around in the province after graduation.

Moe says if his party is re-elected as government on Oct. 28, it would increase the amount of tuition money rebated to students under its Graduate Retention Program.

The program currently allows students who live and work in Saskatchewan to claim rebates for their tuition up to $20,000 on a sliding scale depending on the length of their degree program.

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe speaks during a media event in Saskatoon, Sask., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Moe says if re-elected he would expand rebates to those who live and work in the province after they graduate from post-secondary schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe speaks during a media event in Saskatoon, Sask., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Moe says if re-elected he would expand rebates to those who live and work in the province after they graduate from post-secondary schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Moe promises to increase the limit by 20 per cent across the board to a maximum of $24,000, with the money returned in the form of personal income tax credits.

Moe says about 85,000 Saskatchewan young people have already benefited.

“Saskatchewan’s future is our young people and the Saskatchewan Party is committed to giving them every opportunity to stay in Saskatchewan to live, work and build their future,” Moe said in a statement Wednesday.

If re-elected, the party also promises to create a $5,000 rebate to partially cover the cost of Class 1 truck driver training.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 2, 2024.

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