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Thanks, here are details.
Canada Learning Bond
: G3 r$ j9 v: l# D, Z0 dThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning% I( M( [* ]1 G/ @1 t
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
2 {! |( a) x) w+ `; lpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome3 K1 Z# [2 k- }' O
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
6 O5 n( [6 h( ?2 \the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.2 s6 O# K9 _ P9 i4 m1 V
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will4 c% ?: m# ~6 L! D; m1 M! n
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
" Q5 m& Q! `5 k9 @: e" l/ ?4 Binstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will6 }/ u& y# f: t9 J% v) m
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
) v) ] d5 {( k; hfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household c$ K( D1 t( `, G: _. Q
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
r+ \! E3 ?1 [5 p, c' Q" ~& IAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
( ~/ v$ J5 W. E, N' Ygovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
4 `( i# D! |7 V- [: |3 Lstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
" N+ m9 q ]4 aAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act4 z1 i2 }2 }! L0 g& H
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and. H$ z$ L z+ c) K
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The4 `" Y4 ^+ n) X8 V- e, ]- H- B, F
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have9 G2 @$ z7 o _: e" \
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
. ^$ R. h: v+ B( S9 n7 ]glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,8 Y/ L2 E+ |1 A: _
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
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Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be3 a; D" h* r e2 j" S& a! t
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will- a5 K' i0 X- P% [+ h" s" s/ u
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
) ~- C& f, n# L0 X7 b(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit) k* S: ~# O* O& o, c# V
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
" @8 E+ r) M+ u8 F0 j. ^' Qschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
3 H2 v- K" N% `6 @for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent- L8 C% t* r7 J& r( Q! `2 ?* \
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of1 I! i- {# q" d# y' c _! z
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These$ t( W; Z3 j! i* h
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
" I4 r4 t+ K5 L; s' {grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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