Toward More Inclusive College Savings Plans: Sample State Legislation
A number of states have created inclusive policy strategies to make their college savings plans more accessible and easier to use for families at all income levels. These strategies include: facilitate enrollment and contributions, remove saving disincentives, increase saving incentives, and strengthen tax benefits. In this report, the Center for Social Development examines these inclusive state policy strategies, describes their application through legislative and administrative means, and points to specific examples.
529s and Public Assistance
Rourke O'Brien examines the relationship between 529 college savings plans and asset limits for public assistance programs such as TANF and Medicaid, and how simple policy changes could remove a real barrier to saving.
New CSD Research: Assets and Liabilities, Educational Expectations, and Children’s College Degree Attainment
Building on an emerging area of research, a new study by the Center for Social Development examines household assets (financial and nonfinancial) and liabilities (secured and unsecured) and their association with later attainment of a bachelor’s degree. The authors also investigate relationships of assets and liabilities with educational expectations of both parents and children.
