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Canada Learning Bond
7 ~8 g) `5 O) f7 j* F0 W$ g$ AThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
" ]" t$ @1 i6 G+ J# W. U5 k9 |! V$ lBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
; T: |% N! g* T+ V# u: e9 }post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
% Y: `2 _* y( }: K% K" Cfamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive% o( D7 I* f8 E" x& Q
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.9 K' P, G7 S6 ^+ [6 |) o4 m& B9 Z
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will. o0 I: o5 b `7 X" K D9 N: O
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond+ Z$ @7 g/ w8 w3 L. N C. W6 @# H: T% L
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
" M) g* U2 C1 C' Z, p$ h' m, tcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
8 b1 c1 {3 X/ I6 xfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household7 _. B$ |3 p% Y9 p! ?8 ^7 i; q( d9 Q
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
+ m6 N8 y- b. X5 I. YAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the/ b( z' y* x; c3 A: Z `) G: k P
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
, \. | }1 ^1 J. L: ~students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.: [3 k7 Y5 K/ x' Z4 O
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act; ~9 q+ D5 S$ |( Y1 ^
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and, R# T/ N* n; Y: J
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The ? ~1 Z4 a# G4 p
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
. @8 Y. x Z6 X @6 k0 h) echildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
8 u. @! J5 L* {% r* }* yglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that, H' i9 K$ Q6 e y/ {3 m
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
% @ P# `! _, s: V$ Sto absorb the full benefit of the program.
7 Y. N0 R/ Y& _. R! R! F& S: v4 }Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be) Z7 O) l3 U4 ?1 m) G; C% x w
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will* C8 n1 ~6 ^; m7 f! g6 h
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
6 K* C" q7 z# Y6 R& c1 o3 U(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit3 b ?3 X R9 \0 Y v- t
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of% {8 V0 B$ v; o- Y# A0 t
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
- g5 y4 g+ @( T( U; kfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
9 v% w2 ] i% I$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of6 J; O) ]/ ]& X/ |/ L* f* e! z
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These! \% g2 \ A2 {2 h; `- M$ `
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.009 D; |' G: f/ x, {; a2 M# [" B
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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