- Introduced the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship in 2011, which provides $500 per year for up to four years for Saskatchewan high school students who go onto post-secondary education within the province (1)
- Promises to increase the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship from $500 to $750 per student, per year when the province’s finances improve (2, 3, 4)
- Pledges to create the First Home Plan, which would allow Graduate Retention Program recipients to put up to $10,000 of their unused benefits towards a down payment on a first home; this would take the form of an interest free-loan that they would not have to repay as long as they keep the house for at least four years (2, 3, 4)
- Changed the Graduate Retention Program in 2015 from being a fixed, $2,000, refundable tax credit into a non-refundable tax credit, and extended the timeframe for benefit collection from seven to ten years. This means that those who make less than $40,000 or more in gross income will not receive the full benefit (11, 12)
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- Pledges to increase the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship from $500 to $1000 per student, per year (4, 5, 6)
- Promises to eliminate interest charges on all student loans and convert all provincial student loans to non-repayable grants by 2017 (4, 5, 6)
- Pledges to regulate and lower tuition fees for all the province's’ post-secondary institutions (5)
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- Pledges to reduce the interest rate on government student loans to the lowest rate of borrowing available to the Provincial government (7)
- Promises to stabilize provincial funding for universities to help stabilize tuition rates (7, 8)
- Pledges to de-link a student’s family income, employment income, and assets from Saskatchewan student loan qualifications (7)
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- Pledges to phase out all tuition for post-secondary students in Saskatchewan over a four-year period (9, 10)
- Promises to immediately reinstate the original Graduate Retention Program, thus increasing the refundable tax portion and lowering the waiting time to four years (9, 11, 12)
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