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Canada Learning Bond) `- [8 J* l: Y* F. g H- \
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
6 x6 N+ u( p2 x, X* ~3 CBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
- C c0 i' ?% e7 Ypost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
( z' c3 m# P: N2 ofamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
8 B/ \$ S' I3 Y( }, bthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond." c1 x0 M; h- k" p
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will. g, R) V' i3 M1 D x$ {4 f0 g1 d& ?
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond' Q" |- g+ f; B7 X8 h2 O
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
, T( l f, v0 g; zcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
* f$ P. ~$ w, X& _* ?0 Nfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household4 Y6 A1 C. A( Y( L( ~) H6 I
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
9 _+ @7 f. f# J) E3 b0 WAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the( L2 C5 y! N/ `1 F5 M7 `% @
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
$ d4 Z8 D; c+ M% z; a; B, ]$ f5 jstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.% E4 q6 j+ p! R; {- f8 E. t
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
; b" d* Y z* H& jDuring the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and
- @: n3 s& f* p3 a0 Vsubsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The+ U$ F" n0 ?# A! Z
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have! _5 [8 R+ a+ k$ N- P+ s9 v4 a
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first. Y1 F5 [; x9 J& i+ U
glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
7 @/ t6 F; o9 |, C, L0 u, A3 Zonce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents' Q5 @- f3 V0 i% ?5 z: E6 E8 Z
to absorb the full benefit of the program.
: f) W* R% y- i+ VAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
9 @) {! I' E2 l& ueligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will% L4 p! E3 c3 }, ~; |
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth3 U" S2 M; k2 I( `; u
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
: d% C5 \6 q. A8 t2 ?7 Eunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
) U& G% d4 Q+ Dschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
7 {: S4 d' Q. E/ C- c; tfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent4 B" m5 ?4 F# C: o/ F4 ^
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of& i% ?) E+ Q& R: G1 S& f
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These' Q; K; J" l2 C
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00, Q' u- l( W% m; D9 W
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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