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Canada Learning Bond6 J8 H3 J2 o1 @! ?0 i7 x
The Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning3 O7 S4 z0 y( o4 K# G
Bond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
# k& h+ a: z* C& u; x. Epost-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome! _) b! h2 _4 x! o# [
families, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive3 Z% p8 D: B- V. ~/ `
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.
8 y, f0 S7 M, l/ iAssuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
( }" B& H K' B' X' Wcontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond
, R8 [2 \1 U; `/ A; s4 o; o% B# W7 winstallments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will
2 D4 |2 x+ x7 ]6 z, a: Rcarry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit
: H) P( G% N6 }' ~/ s) J/ nfrom the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household* H1 M8 t6 Z# |9 x% q
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.4 e6 f9 a a1 `. X" Z+ W' m, i
Additionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the% C! h- S5 S% G9 R% c8 y% D
government has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year" {3 F- e1 U4 p& L$ `% Q
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.* ^. P/ u. X9 B
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
8 D- D( W2 L- A9 ?7 i- c6 IDuring the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and2 M. h- D! w4 E* g
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The
1 Q& b3 @' B$ M# P* |5 R ~" q) @ qprogram created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have0 ?# ^$ b* F! w- Q6 ^
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first
% `3 D; l# y$ s4 U6 g) E* N/ Oglance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,. z a/ X: h, z+ f9 l
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents
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Alberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be) A$ L+ o5 T# |, c( |
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will
+ j; Z w/ U7 a! xonly be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth c% F6 ?6 B! [
(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit; h. J$ O+ B# o$ R/ @! H
unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of- c' T! C9 s: |& w( Q
schooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,5 U5 H9 q, B# b1 e$ M% X
for the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent8 m; G# W6 t8 F: `( U
$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of- O2 H' a4 R/ Y8 w
those grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These
$ u$ _# L: U x" S# b8 `- Z7 tgrants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.000 H) n2 s5 r1 m5 }( \7 ~
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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