Gov’t of Alberta Bill 19 to Regulate Tuition

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This afternoon (October 29), the Minister of Advanced Education Marlin Schmidt tabled Bill 19, An Act to Improve the Affordability and Accessibility of Post-Secondary Education. The bill outlines a new regulatory framework for domestic, international, and apprenticeship student tuition and fees. This new framework is the result of the government’s tuition review, launched in fall 2016.

Highlights of Bill 19 include:

• Annual average increases to tuition will be capped at Alberta’s consumer price index (CPI).
• Mandatory non-instructional fees and international student tuition will be regulated.
• The revised tuition framework will be in place by the 2020–2021 academic year.
• Until 2020–2021, tuition and mandatory non-instructional fees will remain frozen.

Bill 19 provides much needed clarity around tuition for all of Alberta’s post-secondary institutions, and the University of Alberta looks forward to learning more details as the bill passes royal assent.

For more information on Bill 19, please see: www.alberta.ca/affordable-tuition.aspx