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Canada Learning Bond
" W: ]$ G/ d' Y: AThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
: B/ r$ P# i; x* E+ s. ZBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
! s' h% M# a# |! Dpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
; l8 d1 g Q* W; \5 Efamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive! F4 f4 s4 D$ ?! ]/ {1 Y
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond., E f W) Q- P; f( a
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
1 O9 ~2 W% x$ c1 d7 O5 |continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond4 U! Y7 @3 M- k1 }; E& y: P" Z( v
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will' V4 R: @& [" w% E7 }
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
0 t- B2 | \# o4 t% W/ @5 _/ ]from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household/ F- u. _2 [) @0 C
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.- n0 E) }, u1 W
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the7 Y7 a6 O8 c/ }
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year8 d. @; z8 _8 y7 b3 I
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.. t) s7 R" |5 c# ]! F4 k
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act* d: N7 A' w) k' F) Q
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and9 B- G9 C# y8 Q- p7 Y$ X
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The) w' x4 h7 |5 h7 w
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have A( U9 b/ L5 H' `
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
. [1 U! \/ m G8 Cglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
' \% K& W* x( F oonce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
; b" t- ~. z/ F, u5 J) kto absorb the full benefit of the program.
4 h1 U# d; Y; b# H% s& {9 OAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
* `6 z" m7 _) j+ meligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will# z4 G/ K; D& m' w6 |0 `
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth, j9 R; y9 `+ r
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit, y8 j9 H; H% G5 P) f+ q- }
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
, N; _7 Y+ I. Q7 a9 _schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
" g8 ~1 Q% E8 l ]# {for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent$ @: a. h6 l' z0 K O) x
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
! [( W" v) R- ~those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
H/ H* z+ v/ Y0 |grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
! u6 e H1 E, \2 X: I ^! T) ugrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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