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Canada Learning Bond
6 h* y/ m0 ~3 mThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
1 L9 b# _. s$ DBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
( [ i) E% F( T% I; N) q/ Tpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome4 Z) F8 w( r) N
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
; |7 Z! b+ w8 jthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond. b" j* a3 k) O. ]+ J& d( Y
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
/ `) W: C! _6 h/ e% l+ qcontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
4 Y' U/ w9 O; tinstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will( X2 `% I% U! u% m: `5 a& E# `% F
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
# D+ v* b9 \( z) m' M& \& W& @! z2 K/ wfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household3 C( Y" J3 i: v; a1 g0 B
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
$ T) y0 u' e, b- |! oAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
7 n- o3 F. i7 |8 ?; {' ngovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
) i: [8 Z* a& R- d6 m% pstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
+ |- N5 C6 L8 l0 L# l1 DAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act7 t z7 d- X6 r: [- f
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and+ R1 P8 z7 {3 X7 \8 A
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The) ^5 e2 l7 Y$ u
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
+ ?. t& D: W* c# i( \ ichildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
& j$ `) ^* c0 y" e t4 wglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
7 @ p" v% D$ [- T3 O' E% U* V: tonce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents; k7 d; Y1 g2 i: g% ]; ~7 a
to absorb the full benefit of the program.
* W9 {! d v. v9 G. uAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be5 s4 D# a5 A; \5 l! ~
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
9 k$ ?# _ J! x7 F- T& \1 ?only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth/ L% Y& _6 x( Y( _5 i
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit9 E9 d* \" o, [0 _* O
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
% h% w7 c, w5 \" X! C, Z$ y& b% n' |schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,# j$ {* Z) P' ]* g
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent; o7 ^. n( t: Y) |
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
/ R% R: P* f" Q1 j$ H1 s6 Y5 tthose grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These+ {$ R+ C; u: [. i8 o& h
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
4 e7 t) _. i4 J* I) [# Lgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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