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Canada Learning Bond: `& ?& Z/ N& }% u5 A
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning) Q& R% p8 S$ {, H3 O1 p# Y
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
2 u5 i# W+ c/ W8 E h5 opost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
9 Z: l+ q8 ?2 z. `families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
8 [8 x9 m$ M0 H$ T+ l2 K( bthe National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.) ^0 w0 x5 a" p
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
& j9 b0 U" u; |, Gcontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
$ N5 v+ s; }3 cinstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
H/ d6 S( K( n0 X7 s; s9 wcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit' ~. p3 M# K/ {$ l+ i* n
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
! {5 m3 A; w0 B1 R; Kcould receive up to $2,000 for their education.( C; q+ i+ x: T. @1 l
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
. g6 w8 \3 y) vgovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year
& H( N! T& O" s! X$ {* Estudents whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.
5 N R$ ]- }# T8 {; J' A, uAlberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act/ {7 y4 g- Z2 f' m: E/ n! Z }* R
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and u, Y4 j" u- j" }0 N( z; |- ]) `
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The
' z$ M- s* X! l" ~+ X( yprogram created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have- u0 z$ ]: h- V( j
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first7 Z, d5 H; t- T* t+ u
glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
( I: @( y$ S" D# _once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents \( K' R C% S, `
to absorb the full benefit of the program. |6 {: x; u: Y; g5 Z
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be
* L1 _9 }1 t5 \# s& m1 M0 `/ p. religible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will D5 H/ K) q5 R6 ? s
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
$ ~4 T& G) F$ K6 i+ h# p. }(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit6 g4 f8 a, ^: H4 G H4 c
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
4 [# c6 T5 E0 p& C8 f( z& N% | Lschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,6 h$ e h+ q5 p/ O" f6 l; C
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent8 t8 v N6 a* [5 m; u/ Y9 x. R
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
. e$ l5 |; G; _" ~9 [those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
; O2 w3 [: S' T7 d5 B. U# P8 Igrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
5 n& D8 h* v! |9 T' ~5 B% n+ G5 cgrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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