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Canada Learning Bond
1 h! |4 v2 g& e6 n4 E! XThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning& e% U1 j# _ f+ |# Z& b" E3 `
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s: m4 N0 X a6 b. C5 S
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
8 q% Z+ J% U" l# X, zfamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
) Y7 h) y R, r+ Nthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.2 C+ C4 l/ a k! B
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will& ~. U; q5 o; {/ C. \
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond- ^! T( a; i% @7 c( T
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will" }6 h7 x9 t3 v. s
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit$ T- W5 ]( ]% v& ]1 H" s
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household4 q5 W4 M* D& w6 G! t! {" j, g
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.6 m) a% i2 s) E! T
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
6 F) _ w3 X- @' r( u' }& ggovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
8 e2 l& T7 c$ q- l; d dstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.$ C: Y* l3 `+ r) R3 l0 c
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act6 V) O. Q& D0 o
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and0 ]/ w" Y' F; l# f
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The" t( c6 |8 ^: t
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have: M) s n/ T1 t! L6 o
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
+ {& _! c7 n8 W3 J: P; Nglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
* ?, n, W7 K9 k" ?! C6 L1 Aonce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents6 C' E8 B% l+ N4 W- e2 P: M
to absorb the full benefit of the program.
5 A+ l5 G' i6 T. N: ZAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
- d" W) R/ k6 \+ neligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
1 X! ~) d% a1 [$ q5 D) `7 e9 Eonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
1 C u+ x1 U7 z( o5 }! P* f7 d(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
7 G" |/ B4 Q' \5 ~1 w/ {( Zunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
, X6 ]' Q- i% ^ zschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
8 } n' H G& c. K* Pfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent( v I' k/ w+ x
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of3 P) P+ e$ v8 D
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
: k9 R* g- c+ Q/ S2 ~0 q$ A8 l& Jgrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
6 W8 N) V2 O2 s* N2 Fgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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