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Canada Learning Bond3 C& Z$ _4 J' S' K3 W
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning: U, s; Q, @1 z0 z. N
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
9 O# [8 Z2 B( C( Gpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
" G) ]" T* ?- H0 {0 c' y1 ?# zfamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
5 V! N9 C. R- j" k5 Vthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.6 R- I0 i m f% m# J
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will8 s( O3 l, O' h( }. O+ v4 `
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond* m6 k8 S% f' }+ x/ a2 G
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
1 h) ^, P2 W- t) B b5 R) Jcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
7 U2 ]0 _3 V) A5 K! M: }from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household- I0 H; Y7 E$ o1 ^0 {; J: w
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.% z2 _1 x- @3 V, p6 w* E3 S5 m
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the2 o% W( s: x$ f; w; T& s M
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year0 E. P/ P# L% b' ^
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
~7 ~+ j' y* |& K3 _' \Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
* Z G- I4 l% X6 ADuring the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and) B5 z: ]3 ^* n
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The! K+ V7 y8 g" ]% u
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
- R5 d) x5 Q" [) f& G$ gchildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
1 o; W, \$ Z4 c( s( q- M. c. |0 vglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,' s% r4 C2 Z+ z f" _% F" i' g' j
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
7 ]( z+ j3 k( ]6 Hto absorb the full benefit of the program.6 S' p) G/ b: M" |5 D2 A, K
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
% }, p( d U% E& Z: M0 keligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will [4 S7 G- N* J& m- R# e
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
0 p" c' O( {# T' a1 a! T. D3 P(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
6 x8 [0 _" A3 A- C9 w3 sunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
! d: @5 y' ?+ X2 l2 t- O# p( [" yschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,9 r3 F8 Y. c- Q( a ?
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
4 l) U& @; }3 G: Y. T; ]$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of8 H" ? s, {- H( M/ J
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These* v$ B" m, d0 X: h) \3 Z
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.006 _+ j5 P8 A2 z& `; P5 @
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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