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January 13, 2020

Saving for College
Florida Prepaid College Board Lowers Prepaid Plan Prices by $1.3 Billion for Current Customers and Reduces 2020 Plan Prices

224,000 customers will have Prepaid Plan prices lowered by $1.3 billion. Lower Plan prices for the 2020 Open Enrollment period, which begins February 1 and ends April 30, 2020, will start at $44 / month for a newborn. Price reductions are due to successive years of lower than anticipated tuition…
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January 7, 2020

Saving for College
You can save for college and retirement. Here’s how.

You’re probably familiar with the financial advice that it’s more important to save for retirement than for your children’s college. And you know what? We agree that retirement savings are high priority. However, we also believe that saving for college sets expectations for your children that they can and will…
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January 7, 2020

Saving for College
The 5 Things You Don’t Need to Know Before Starting a College Savings Plan

We’ve made saving for college so easy; we can explain how in under a minute. Forget everything you need to know about saving for college. If you had a dollar for all of the future’s uncertainties, you could probably pay for college with cash. And with so many options and…
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January 6, 2020

Saving for College
Five tips to keep your savings resolution

We’re a few days into the New Year, which means it’s time for a check in on your goal to save more for your children’s college. Perhaps you’re already realizing that it’s not enough just to make a resolution. To be successful, you also need to make a plan. Psychologists…
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November 8, 2019

Saving for College
Introducing the new Florida Prepaid Schoolhouse at LEGOLAND® Florida Resort!

Why do Florida Prepaid and LEGOLAND® Florida Resort make great partners? Because we both want to help you build something special for your children! You don’t have to be a financial planner to save for college, and you don’t have to be an engineer to create a LEGO masterpiece. Just…
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September 10, 2019

Saving for College
Lower fees, more options = Big changes for our Florida 529 Savings Plan!

We’ve made some big improvements to our Florida 529 Savings Plan, a savings and investment plan which allows you to save at your own pace for college and K-12 education expenses. (Hint: If you like lower fees and more flexibility, keep reading!) “Floridians now have access to a well-designed, low-cost…
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April 30, 2019

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Five often overlooked reasons to buy Florida Prepaid!

Open enrollment ends on April 30, and if you’re reading this you must still be on the fence. Maybe these five considerations will tip you in the right direction! More than 1 million Prepaid Plans have been sold in 30 years. It’s guaranteed by the state of Florida. We’re big…
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April 24, 2019

Saving for College
Smart, Affordable Path to College: 1-Year Florida University Plan

Starting is Believing. At Florida Prepaid, this is our motto. It’s hard to imagine that our tiny newborns and squirming toddlers will ever grow big enough to start college, but deep down we know that day will come all too soon. When we start Prepaid Plans for them, we are…
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April 8, 2019

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Enroll by April 30 for 50% off LEGOLAND® Florida tickets!

Do you ever wish life came with blueprints? Well, LEGO® bricks do, and so does Florida Prepaid. We may seem pretty different, but LEGO® and Florida Prepaid actually have more in common than you’d think, including that we both take the guesswork out of things that seem complicated. Just follow…
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March 28, 2019

Saving for College
Why April is a great month to save for college

When it comes to filing your taxes, are you a procrastinator? We can certainly understand why … there’s little that’s fun about gathering those W-2s, charitable contribution records and mortgage interest statements, then sitting down at the computer for long stretches of confusing data entry. We have a silver lining…
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