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Canada Learning Bond
! ]2 d2 [9 T$ K- V( q gThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
3 l) @' K: n; rBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s2 W% s+ q A |# R& Y
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome- {6 |8 J3 u2 X0 Q
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive$ w* B5 A3 e" {
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.8 v7 [, K8 {+ f; s+ @6 {: h
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will- B2 r5 z! E" A% O
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond) A' b1 T" z& D3 e% t
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
" _% [4 e' u& V$ T, }carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
1 h8 h6 C& C! Z4 p0 t( Sfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
, P; M5 @: R" S+ }could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
3 G; E/ e# n; b6 t, ZAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the* n7 D) e+ o4 w
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
7 ^' l) B- y$ x$ X& z/ h- F5 ] q, sstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year., M* C0 b c6 O: X9 {/ u; a
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act7 q! i2 }$ @+ y& o6 `
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and
6 Z; K$ K3 Y& M! e* ~! ^4 ksubsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The. ~6 W! {1 M4 O5 F& t3 S
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
0 t6 D; l, Y5 S* ichildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
1 s3 q7 W. h2 p. U$ ?7 J. vglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,2 R! j* y* w9 Q9 Q3 i- k* }
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents- e, W4 K! g' ]$ K6 n
to absorb the full benefit of the program.
& P" j0 S* P1 h- i0 B% |Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
. t& e- `' h' P9 e$ h! E! R1 [eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
9 {9 |! ^( {% i: P+ G% u. I/ conly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth( E4 C+ x% s5 m( d: ?; [
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit5 {7 C! x2 M. r: k
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
9 a" X! Z7 o+ P- O+ Zschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,! q$ L% v) }+ w2 r& M' J, Z
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
1 J. r d" c$ G- g7 d/ F* a$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of/ r7 {) o2 H z1 w- M
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These% N+ r" ]9 F& V4 E' M0 G! T
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
* \, \' l' o" P$ Cgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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