알버타주정부 100주년(2005년) 기념사업의 일환으로 Centennial Education Savings Plan을 설립하여 2005년부터 시행합니다. 이는 2005년부터 출생하는 아이 이름으로 RESP(Registered Education Savings Plan) 계좌를 열면 $500(1회성)을 지급해 주며, 8세, 11세, 14세 되는 해에 각 $100씩 grant가 주어진다는 내용입니다. 종합하면 2005년 이후 출생하여 RESP계좌를 개설한 어린이는 $800을 정부로부터 지원받게 되는 것입니다. 이것도 굉장한 혜택이죠.
RESP에 대한 일반정보는 아래 연방정부 사이트를 보세요.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/registered/resp-e.html
Centennial Education Savings Plan
The Government of Alberta will be marking the province’s Centennial by making an investment in its future. A new education savings plan will be introduced in 2005.
Under the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan, the Alberta government will make a one-time contribution of $500 to any Alberta child born in 2005 or later whose family has opened an RESP in the child’s name. In addition to the initial $500 grant, the government will provide another $100 to an RESP for children attending school in Alberta at age 8, 11 and 14, beginning with children born in 2005. The first of the $100 grants will be issued in 2013.
Investing in higher levels of learning not only contributes to a child’s future success; it is also critical to Alberta’s continuing prosperity in the next century,
For more information on the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan, please visit the Alberta Learning website at http://www.learning.gov.ab.ca/aces.
*출처: http://www.albertacentennial.ca/grants/centennial_education_savings_plan.asp