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Canada Learning Bond
$ ~8 r, }/ x% m$ A: vThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
$ a w, q0 c9 ?8 A% T. JBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
/ L: h T( W; X$ X9 k4 Bpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome) H. p% n( W4 C p) m& a
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
$ ~" k* d: C" q* L5 K$ gthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.8 N" F4 V8 E4 ?/ g5 r
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will9 ~* {0 Q0 L3 }" r
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
/ h! j! f% ? d+ @installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
( R3 F( r5 {' L3 j1 f5 G9 x8 lcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
# b& n* [8 R1 ]% ]' d; j7 Bfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
5 \5 X- r& i: Hcould receive up to $2,000 for their education.
4 x# {6 J6 s+ W; I2 VAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the' J9 q/ Y1 E* D, N D, j
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
. d# T6 x: D/ T* ?students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
0 ^7 d- i) `) p) R1 _Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
- s# Y% j; e7 d" C4 fDuring the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and) ` e) \" z, K& x5 b5 b7 f
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The
, \' o* Y: ?! q* Y0 M& gprogram created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have0 i5 O5 ] g; x
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
7 \8 n- W* y* ? Xglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,9 x/ L3 e* {4 e1 m
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
, q2 s7 U$ o4 q$ ]4 u. D7 Tto absorb the full benefit of the program./ Z! ?& H; Z( `4 Y' q
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
1 O: ]0 @7 r( t. Xeligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
) U: {: d4 G! Y* Z& F1 [5 ~# {- Jonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
- x% h" m- f: @! h3 v: @(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
, k* W. a0 M% \) s$ U; f1 cunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of6 Y& f* k3 q3 g) j9 m+ K4 v
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
0 Q- n* b0 g3 sfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
( j# I! w1 s: I/ m: ^$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of5 n$ ]4 E+ p4 L6 r% `7 k" L7 O
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
3 f- B% l4 `3 e: jgrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00: V3 R( S4 y% U- b
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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