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Canada Learning Bond
8 m f1 B3 ?( }3 i3 S3 hThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
# B7 Q3 Z( D2 k7 U0 @' mBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
2 X0 n* }$ i+ B' u6 q9 x) Ipost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome3 v" |% B/ Z& M
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive! k- j) V; q) S% b0 g; d1 [
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.* l! n5 i# E! d) k9 d8 n; O
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will1 x- r, B3 U$ U7 P! D
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond2 o4 g4 t) f9 S2 ]2 V- [8 R- ~7 {
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
4 a0 F4 @6 ~& O+ D9 L$ u" R4 acarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
, \2 `9 J" [& F0 j6 c) M3 E" ?5 Sfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household3 |# c" l& i9 } v3 U" \
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.3 x/ y3 u! M$ K9 I' M
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
2 Y4 J7 e, `8 g, T1 C( A0 `# c' vgovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
% j3 k1 s! o/ T( \, @9 |students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
- p+ K) `4 \& |4 Q2 u! E9 r# v: wAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act1 B( r2 o6 V' h9 ^
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and$ ]- O" D8 w/ Y& B1 t
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The/ [- a7 i9 l) Y
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have
- O( I! [- M1 m' l, n' vchildren born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
8 i: `& d( Q; M4 E3 J& U) i. d' pglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,! W$ J0 n6 R' T+ b9 k0 a. B
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
+ R1 m( w! c2 \0 R8 M" x- r& ~to absorb the full benefit of the program.8 X# K O( O4 V9 u5 f$ u
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
* R: E8 s/ t% Teligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will- \. D- t% m, G- e$ Z q
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
( h) ^+ k! k5 O. b i(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit$ M5 J9 i q; D
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of* d7 X v0 u2 _- j, D2 @1 {
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,. i6 r! y* F1 \8 X- F
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
/ N4 k9 p; ?2 x/ i$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
% j( r1 I# ~: S, b% i& vthose grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These l& y, @9 z+ h
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.000 f, a! o9 y; F* P
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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