The Saskatchewan Government is doing more to help families save for their children's post secondary education. Advanced Education Minister Don Morgan recently announced that legislation was passed for the Saskatchewan Advantage Grant for Education Savings (SAGES) program.
The new legislation will enable the Government of Saskatchewan to provide a grant to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) at a rate of 10 per cent of the subscriber's annual contributions up to a maximum provincial contribution of $250 per year per beneficiary. This is on top of the 20 per cent federal grant, which means if a family is contributing up to $2,500 toward their child's RESP the federal and provincial governments will add an additional $750 to that child's account.
SAGES is modelled after the Canada Education Savings Grant, which is delivered on a national level by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).
The federal government, through HRSDC, will be administering SAGES on behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan.
The Bill will be proclaimed at a later date to provide government time to prepare regulations. The new legislation will be implemented later in 2013 with it being retroactive to January 1, 2013.
