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Canada Learning Bond; e$ h8 X0 {: [9 j( o3 S
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning/ M) n$ R5 S+ W, d
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s7 }3 I. ^% v: g: h
post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
3 m+ S5 u8 A. d6 }9 X8 `families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive: k, ~! B) j9 k: ~/ V' K) P4 V
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.1 ], N: R' S3 K% y \- f
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will, ]1 j) h6 J/ N- ?6 G8 {+ s: V9 j% Z
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond/ r j0 C0 |* A5 m) r5 c0 {. s
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
* B. A$ u8 s5 D6 B& h' `* q' kcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
# \- A# p( o$ U4 }# l; @' Sfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household( m) e3 C. v f, c4 K2 h0 o& R# l" l
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
' m G* j" n) y# z" {3 |Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
9 E$ ^* W# f% P7 F7 G& \6 Wgovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year2 O( A' q" w6 I1 s/ p; Q4 r
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.( @- _$ B4 ^# ^
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
# w7 M6 V8 s/ C5 R. ^6 `During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and! ]4 N8 j' B/ j" P. r6 Y' R5 ~
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The% D3 D! ^2 i0 V( U6 V# ]6 r
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
8 Q/ [* Q+ B; \children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
* V7 o# w# a m% vglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
/ `. _5 T3 g0 R# I) \once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
/ \3 T* m$ ?/ i# z; B2 X. n7 Nto absorb the full benefit of the program.
u p/ O$ i) \8 Y) D/ DAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
% |/ C$ l6 O1 l( C4 Z7 C5 h( J" n4 oeligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
1 M9 M4 O1 h: Sonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
' H0 p& ^' ]: P5 D. y/ u0 N) X6 r" m(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
2 ?+ {$ g' w( f/ |unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
4 t. y2 o+ d. T* H6 K d! eschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,4 e* {" Y2 o; i
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent* q2 q( g8 W* ]4 X6 v$ G2 Z
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of1 L! E) s$ Q9 h" C& [# s
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These- p8 z- D- r. G. z
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
' b* j" y& D6 u ^* x6 e, vgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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