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Canada Learning Bond* g6 X5 y* p# v) Z6 y
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning# L" r1 k v; Z5 z* E' T
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
/ \8 p" X. I2 Zpost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome8 f% n) j& r5 s; l
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive/ x6 j/ X# I. C+ j. n& S# n
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.: F5 x3 S# Z2 d6 M, r9 I
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will# d" g. S( y A) d# @ H
continue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
0 Q$ ~( ~! i5 a5 V7 o) b, K8 vinstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will1 S# q% i7 K$ r* Y. Z& t
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit) Z4 d0 c" e4 ^( D
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household
7 L9 r) y, V+ ccould receive up to $2,000 for their education.5 j2 z- [. L' @! A) h( ~0 a
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
; s) w& T$ x6 _5 r+ l7 j2 Dgovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year1 T0 v a) v6 D5 E- l; b( i
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.3 p- S) s( i( ]# H) R
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act' h4 N3 z' h5 } \, f
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and7 }/ B0 O" n4 w3 J
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The/ B+ g; t1 ]% ]' S
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have) ]; e9 d: A1 L; w
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
$ i& Y7 g% {( i. M wglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,; W' a9 S9 w3 D7 s1 e! e a
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
. h; s) d6 f+ o1 qto absorb the full benefit of the program.
0 H# h" L8 J. H9 C1 n' pAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be- w! _9 @0 p. o; M3 P
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
2 ^* i5 m0 {% Q m( a1 w3 z5 o; zonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
. j# B. t1 l( M4 L1 C, G(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit6 @9 k, R/ t n9 O
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
1 h1 s3 h1 p" J3 B& S* `schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,- Y" j9 t, h& \5 l# S; e0 C
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent+ ]2 I w3 ^0 N2 R2 }1 M
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of) w" C" u P* }6 r
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
. _& J; r6 \2 [( O! K& @/ [grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.000 T# G. M4 }9 W6 O8 g4 s/ S
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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