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Canada Learning Bond
% S- y: ?* D/ N5 p# q8 oThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning; \; C' f2 E. \% h1 [
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
. W5 ?7 `5 H* f$ L0 K7 G: tpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome$ ?- K2 L* U, O3 g! O
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive. [6 N E8 G& R1 G2 o% W; _4 d
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.7 x7 w3 R- @+ v2 k3 ]
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will! R0 Q$ K: A2 y! g! d! U( a6 [
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
' T! u! ?6 |. {6 {& p5 Y. Z. I; Einstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
0 z+ b4 T; `# g6 ]; m) u0 Acarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit2 W' H2 Z/ q8 i
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
; P2 E. E c, e( z( [1 w; Wcould receive up to $2,000 for their education.
" s- a. n1 i# O+ Q7 aAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the% ^; y0 M! v1 E. O) |/ M
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year5 i+ [, \" ~9 q# s
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
- P8 o/ Z5 r% y- zAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act( M8 p' u' G0 y K9 N# p
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and2 s1 }9 A2 |/ D( M1 `' k: v n
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The/ v |$ P/ x. G. F1 ~: B
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
5 S; i3 N A; L+ Y' X, schildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
) }( S3 G+ V+ n. {glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that," l- x% S7 ^! v% t9 C2 {
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents& b9 n: |$ W& [& W6 u
to absorb the full benefit of the program.
$ e% o, t# x3 f5 ~! b2 q4 MAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be0 q1 e1 @1 Y* F
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
% k8 ^, C1 W5 G( p2 X) F, wonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth8 ~& x: B# G3 i: X7 N' `; Y5 Q
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit1 l3 {8 |6 G, q- a/ Z
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
; B3 s" f. @5 c( O, E7 I) vschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
6 b2 r: H+ [& j! Vfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent* h% F+ b B/ k5 D7 K D3 C S
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of7 C! S0 u, M. y$ z# |: r
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These& q9 T v+ b$ _; Z
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
6 d& L: M9 F5 M% ?2 Pgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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