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December 2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Encourages Families to Give the Gift of Education this Holiday Season
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is encouraging families to give the gift of education this holiday season with the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program. Family and friends can help save for a child’s future education with PA 529’s Ugift feature.
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10/30/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity: PA 529 Investment Plan Earns Second Consecutive Morningstar Gold Rating
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program Investment Plan (IP) received a Gold Rating from Morningstar for the second consecutive year, ranking it as one of the very best 529 plans in the nation. This is the highest designation possible through the firm’s review of the top 529 education savings plans of 2024.
Read Article09/18/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Announces Winners of PA 529 Day Promotion
Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced that this year’s PA 529 Day Promotion was the most successful ever, with more than 1,200 PA 529 GSP accounts opened during the month of May and $17 million in contributions made.
Read Article08/22/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity: 529 Savings Plans Win Good Housekeeping 2024 Parenting Award
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that Good Housekeeping has selected 529 Savings Plans to win a 2024 Parenting Award for the second year in a row.
Read Article08/08/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Announces $5.5 Million in Savings for PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan Account Owners
Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced that asset-based fees will be waived for PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) account owners for the third year in a row. This year’s fee waiver will save families $5.5 million and is funded by PA 529 GSP surplus earnings.
Read Article07/17/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Applauds New Tax Credit for Employer Contributions to Employees’ PA 529 and PA ABLE Accounts
Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity today praised the addition of a tax credit for employers to contribute to their employees’ PA 529 College and Career Savings accounts and PA ABLE accounts.
Read Article06/12/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Announces Record PA 529 GSP Enrollments During 529 Day Promotion
Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that more new PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) accounts were opened during Treasury’s 529 Day promotion in May than in any past 529 Day promotion. Over 1,200 PA 529 GSP accounts were opened last month for new beneficiaries, and total GSP contributions were more than $17 million.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Senate Finance Committee Advances Bill to Strengthen PA 529 and PA ABLE
Treasurer Stacy Garrity today commended the Senate Finance Committee for unanimously approving legislation which will give families even more reasons to invest in Pennsylvania’s successful PA 529 College and Career Savings Program and PA ABLE Savings Program.
Read Article05/21/2024
Pennsylvania Treasury and Adams County Farmers Market to Team Up to Share Impactful Programs with Shoppers
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced that Treasury’s Outreach Team will be at the Adams County Farmers Market on May 25, 2024, to talk with shoppers about Treasury’s PA 529 College and Career Savings Program, Keystone Scholars, and PA ABLE Savings Program – and to help people search for unclaimed property. Treasury’s experts will be available from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Read Article05/16/2024
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Visits Eastern Center for Arts & Technology in Montgomery County
Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Rep. Nancy Guenst (D-152) and Rep. Melissa Cerrato (D-151) today visited Eastern Center for Arts & Technology (EASTERN), a career and technical education center for high school students, to celebrate this year’s 529 Day promotion and to encourage families to save for their child’s education with the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program.
Read Article05/08/2024
Treasurer Garrity Visits Höganäs in Somerset County
Treasurer Stacy Garrity today visited Höganäs, the world’s leading manufacturer of metal powders for powder metallurgy, to celebrate this year’s 529 Day promotion and to encourage families to save for their child’s education with the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program.
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