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Canada Learning Bond
1 x7 b: L# S3 x: OThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
0 h) X& Q0 p' |- y C8 MBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
+ O( m7 j! P4 @# L# J" X% h" \post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome- L. w+ M$ s$ t. u z) X) Y+ j
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive
; d1 W$ x Z2 [# `0 }the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.
( F1 m B2 M J {: x2 rAssuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will# h( H; N" G/ t
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond( _3 M; X! z) s# Q7 ]
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will8 c& M/ q8 d- u8 Y# \
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit f1 i+ C* X! |
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
; Y5 B+ a1 p; a/ {# b5 p% ucould receive up to $2,000 for their education.
/ S, v- {0 h; B: xAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
* z( i; x8 s6 kgovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year# f4 s X; ]7 v. d$ n
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.8 [+ A# U: G, {
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
; R0 V) [. [# Y$ j+ `During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and1 k; G# K& r6 n, R& K
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The
6 ?7 H4 H7 _0 e D9 u! E9 Jprogram created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have$ O5 y; s' W5 j- z' A6 K
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
; J7 F7 B. b; i m$ z r0 Zglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,
. Y& g3 @3 N! t3 u- s- F$ [. N3 conce communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
1 {; [9 {: \" M9 {" Nto absorb the full benefit of the program.8 m) W- a: S$ L+ D% W
Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be; K+ m2 T: k; ]. K* t
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will# {1 _9 e3 D* n! t) [, ~" m
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth, w) Q' A: h/ k/ w5 c8 G% {6 g! J" S
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
( Y, U# X8 |6 f, W2 k0 E1 l0 zunlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
1 e8 \' E* ?3 C' V3 i# `schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,' E' W! g* N/ R( t8 T0 ?. o. P
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent; e' o7 g9 O/ U1 ]# @
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
- m# e& ~ Z/ \- e. a) n9 x; i9 S4 qthose grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These) ]/ |9 X1 X6 S A- c. A
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.00
% ~1 t- z6 x# j0 u- l Igrant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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