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Canada Learning Bond3 x5 J$ t1 s4 `: p! z4 L, @, o
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
# C5 N2 C5 y Q5 J, m% sBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s/ x, `" I% O5 N+ G9 S
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome2 W' _: V4 v6 u: Y5 \
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive. D2 d b. q/ _& G: h- T
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.
2 M/ b% f1 U8 N. GAssuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
. r& n3 u: ^& X: m, }continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
, e) w3 N u& }; Q o& A+ @installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
9 c3 Q) D# C2 u8 U. Ncarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
, p' P* M4 M* o+ n* r. n" R! l& _from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household7 z7 c$ g1 y) q* u. B" L
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
& p1 Y6 F- ? [Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the: K) I' M. r8 q6 _
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year1 K, J z, T) W3 X* ` j" a% z
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.9 @) I7 X* h. K2 F
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act& _( {" ?; j5 i" `! V
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and2 C- E# {& _* v/ Y
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The7 y* @2 Z, Y2 q
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
5 s2 z$ Y! E. x9 d% Uchildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
1 K$ \( O5 J7 c0 S4 Wglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
P) a7 k. N! w) L* j1 vonce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents, |( u, [, b# w6 b5 i3 |$ K3 K
to absorb the full benefit of the program.* y# R1 X: u2 ^2 R
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be0 O/ z, M8 W) ]5 a) y
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will! f& H3 j' h {
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
( V3 j2 K l6 k" B* p2 L0 }(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
7 }; j: P. k9 R' o; _* ?9 Nunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of' R2 ^& D. J+ ?. a. G/ [
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
+ H1 k9 N4 J) M7 q0 t7 Jfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
9 ~* E' U4 ?5 p9 b- s$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
& K; l3 X) ]* |/ r$ [those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
, B8 E& M8 E2 O3 N( Bgrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00& s6 }# U$ c6 a+ ?; T- e, }
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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