The Town of Drayton Valley’s Zero Fee Tuition program is looking for ways to continue.
Drayton Valley residents who apply to a post-secondary institution through the program are eligible to receive financial assistance on their tuition.
One of the Town’s partners in the project is the University of Alberta. In exchange for partnering with the Town for several grants to help fund the program, the University of Alberta is conducting a study on the program to measure its resiliency.
U of A representatives recently paid a visit to Drayton Valley Town council to give an update on their findings.
As a town councillor, Drayton Valley mayor Nancy Dodds served on the committee that established the Zero Fee Tuition Program. Dodds says it is always great to find out how its going.
“It was just really nice for all of the other councillors to have an opportunity to hear about the hard work that has gone into this initiative and how important that relationship has been with the University of Alberta,” says Dodds.
Something that the University of Alberta is hoping to do is get more involved with the Drayton Valley business community to find out how the Zero Fee Tuition Program has been affecting them.
“I know that council and the education committee have in the past connected with, not only the local high schools and mature learners, but we have also connected with some of the businesses,” explains Dodds. “So they would like to follow up with that to see the gaps and some of the potentials we could be partnering with to make this more sustainable.”
With grant funding due to end at the end of 2022, the Town and the University of Alberta are also looking to partner on another grant to keep the program funded through 2023.
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