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Canada Learning Bond# r; A r8 Z. n8 S# f
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning& o5 \) T5 [5 f0 Q7 f
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s! o% \$ X% |3 k: s
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
5 c% U0 O5 V2 m8 j1 ?families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
4 W! h: H. i' |. }2 }the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.- |+ ?& {. y* h& [! G
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
( j) J; V8 ^; b! J1 C! R1 y Acontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
5 V$ Y% X7 t4 U; K/ j6 Sinstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
5 e1 G4 p+ j9 c5 `) h7 d$ N$ tcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
" h) L3 a5 b- d; r% Yfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
' i) z2 v0 U) ^/ q3 z% C+ W2 Gcould receive up to $2,000 for their education.3 Q# d% V) c0 C! _8 J' d
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the; {0 ~! Z, J4 G
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
' ?( _* G& ^1 N9 Z: i& h9 ~" m: q4 hstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
; T9 A \* ?* S0 b$ lAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
! h6 V6 ~ L( r; XDuring the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and. |5 P% s$ M- {" }; q# ~% c& X
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The5 x5 ?' |$ Q) n M
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
9 R* Q R9 | uchildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first- {( Q$ [' ~0 _5 |
glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,: B! |' F! C7 [% H& c. ^& v
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
, B" J" U$ s! n. Vto absorb the full benefit of the program. V) _+ K* c7 L* n' M, N0 n
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
9 L3 N) G1 N3 ^: u( H" V: q/ jeligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
2 t5 \9 |1 o; \* N- N* m0 Monly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth4 F, ] w% {2 g/ w7 t1 L
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit _2 q) ?1 n1 A; U# v! t, c+ V
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of; z, l5 `- x$ M( I
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
- x: @ a: Y" t O5 Ffor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
% n D/ Y6 p6 v) F3 z% ?( G. @, M* P$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of3 W, \6 p \4 ?3 X" q* a
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These* x+ }0 c6 {5 \4 R7 _% l, a
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
6 ]- z4 L9 F; z3 Rgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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