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Canada Learning Bond8 G4 T5 f# }4 s+ Y6 j; A4 ]) Y4 ~
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
* B5 y% U2 A; K$ FBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s4 B7 K+ _7 w; A" a ~- U
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
( c |- v7 t6 F" yfamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
) e0 v9 J" I+ }; F' nthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond." I2 X: @4 ?7 ^; k
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will3 ?0 g! s+ k+ a3 ?# @5 d w
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
$ A$ L0 F$ q+ T' f1 o: Kinstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will3 Y6 `# w, b8 l/ y6 ]2 B
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
- V9 H: ]" [& d% |from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household/ w( ?. }2 @8 X
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
& j- S1 R# t# `6 D4 O) b7 NAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
7 ^" N2 N* z. p& c6 ?7 cgovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year% C5 Z: u. e3 X# Z8 J
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
/ z7 n B) T5 iAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
. r: h* { }/ e: v2 n: WDuring the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and
/ x2 y1 v* o; W% T Dsubsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The t( d9 A+ [& F$ }( B2 n6 E
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have) y H$ z2 p& m8 n% d ?& d
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
p+ Y0 _1 q( P; k1 P1 q" `glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
4 |0 s6 ~6 M5 E$ a/ @( R1 T+ o# R8 l: ?once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
- T2 [5 }( K% i4 }1 nto absorb the full benefit of the program.
Z) L- [, D6 T7 E+ MAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
' b0 X! |: W Y: a! qeligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
( T- x/ U$ c+ u% F* V) f7 |2 Aonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth& ^( v* y. s- e5 ?" L9 Y: H f
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit" N# E- @( r& u
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
) J o* _1 o! H7 y/ kschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
* K+ L6 C, l5 Q' E6 t$ yfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
# A( J. n- L/ e; n; m8 ?! I$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of6 H, g' H0 D5 K& w( b+ K- z
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These/ s+ F1 W! l$ p4 r1 s4 O
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
/ A/ B% R2 B& bgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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