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Canada Learning Bond
4 l4 S7 T! j# R9 ~0 p+ i" LThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
# B* ^* N6 V- P; BBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s0 N# A( D B9 ]6 ^, V
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome# o, @# o3 {2 \7 B
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive1 p0 }# L2 ?% e) R
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.
' k3 Q+ e+ {4 {, \Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will/ r2 h& B; z5 a7 x. e) t
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
1 R0 c- t7 p( p/ _/ finstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
( f/ e, l& {7 o0 S$ s5 w1 Vcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit+ j0 }$ b0 j! W" i
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
+ i) f1 O& K6 x! Kcould receive up to $2,000 for their education.
, ]( s/ o4 E G% p! RAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the) x' P. C/ s4 g1 T
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
, T; [; @8 V+ A5 }8 ^7 R# t8 [ _students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
+ B5 K M- i6 S$ U9 FAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act |* x3 M, `3 n& Y1 t+ s
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and
F4 } Y7 G5 S2 h% T' Q6 Psubsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The
8 K* J# L+ ^ h `% _, Dprogram created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have8 R/ T+ i* \0 A
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
! G t6 @2 L w3 Mglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
& v$ M0 F& L# _6 S3 j. bonce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents2 C* o1 b c/ p* H: L
to absorb the full benefit of the program.4 Q# z# @9 [+ ]) m; Y
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
/ `: o; l2 t1 |eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
; N1 m9 w% f4 x. p1 honly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
9 v5 i5 T- K1 K(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit" N/ C6 h/ j* C) K: Y9 o
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
0 N Q9 h! o5 K6 V" Q# T6 Fschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
- X) \0 e2 f0 P7 q! [0 Pfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
$ V: r; P. } G: S$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
! j* Q3 `1 ?0 G0 R9 [those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
- `9 [! T5 n. R4 Sgrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
- p4 F# K! r' _0 V0 dgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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