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Canada Learning Bond: U+ E, D1 Z: t8 _5 N
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning6 d4 u: E2 r/ P+ W" j1 Y
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
, ?7 e1 [; ~3 j4 o3 opost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
& B2 L, q% z; _/ M3 ~/ ^3 n Efamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
7 T0 M7 b& k. O# P: _; A; lthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.
5 Z( {2 l Y7 c9 g0 G8 nAssuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
, o: X% D: P% t1 u1 y, J8 Zcontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond% Z5 R2 D, i8 `5 R% d3 S% ]0 Z
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
( i, Y; A6 P) Lcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
8 w# M# O8 H( gfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household' J* N+ \/ g0 s# Y2 c7 f" `
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.0 Y& u' t. q1 F( F T) o- o, Z
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the3 D8 |- @! k- L+ \2 V5 E% \3 S* E
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
& G7 ^0 Q/ D; Dstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.' ?! }) X- K1 M& j
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act6 [. B/ ]6 m. J9 l" e1 V. q- R
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and K0 Q/ k* ^8 r/ l8 ^
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The1 \+ Y. B2 ~7 Q7 {
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have+ c- s; L; |9 T& d# r; @
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
( _/ G5 n# B7 M0 nglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
' j5 x" N; C4 w* monce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents* t5 X" d! i- J/ X4 ?" e
to absorb the full benefit of the program.1 }8 c8 {, @/ A) X3 W
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
* a' ~. T8 w! S- L$ d9 Celigible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will+ j F t: z$ G, M. }
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth# x/ D1 a7 O }' X8 E( N- h% n2 S$ B" A
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
' C; J% A k) q B& _$ ^! ~6 gunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of6 L$ F2 f1 }! K: k& Z4 k
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,' M: u5 b0 x2 g" D
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent! ^+ S: e' i& ^" s; i t
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
, t; _7 j) J+ Y8 x, } bthose grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These* _" t, s* F2 m2 j/ l% F4 x* W
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.005 \1 B9 H& d8 q: ~: W4 r
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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