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Canada Learning Bond
2 q8 |) \4 l2 k8 ^/ N9 y' A: SThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
$ Z5 ~, s5 P, y5 v/ ~Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
* C4 ^7 ?: k- K+ Q& h. K8 N2 v; qpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome0 J* I6 E0 P5 C B m, f
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive. G. m! \3 m9 F* x; Q% ?
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.
( u4 J& k+ ?! [. i# N: b3 _7 xAssuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
6 W! Z/ s) |+ E# M0 ` C( tcontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
# u6 \ x# |8 J& @ Qinstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
S6 M- M3 v' l/ N# c8 Ucarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit2 E4 I9 d* {+ Z. m3 b0 s# ]
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
* [4 h+ b5 A/ ccould receive up to $2,000 for their education.
2 b% m$ O& o! ^Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the" R/ B, {8 U3 ~& A6 Y, U
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
# Q& Q. V# x) G2 nstudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.; z0 B7 F" `% J
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act5 y: }$ s5 `6 L: c+ {, ~
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and
/ y1 M& ^6 w- n- I9 Asubsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The1 o% [/ \; e/ u* I
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have3 q6 w' }8 v; P( T
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
2 l* y# n; H M& ~5 r5 t r5 x% Y8 wglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
4 J% U+ Y) t4 U3 V" r2 ]once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents' O3 V% F/ X4 o# V A; h
to absorb the full benefit of the program.5 ^: o$ m! f' W
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
) @( X& H4 ~/ e) {eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will$ _$ W5 P9 ~: V. r
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
1 w: O8 N2 Q' k* |(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
8 Y6 _1 B, ?* ounlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of. R( t+ Q. s/ k
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,% W4 B) N, }( y8 {7 z
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent# ~' M4 M0 E( N& W. F5 E
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
0 X4 D/ U. [2 z) pthose grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
4 |$ ~- Q# Q a1 q6 K1 h" Qgrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00( D+ i9 x+ h6 s8 N' [/ a
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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