Join us at the next Asset Policy Forum, a series designed to inform policymakers, legislative staffers, and advocates about asset-building research, data, and policies.

The price for higher education continues to rise. As government and institutional aid fails to keep pace with increased costs, fewer families can expect to afford higher out-of-pocket education expenses. For families wary of taking on costly and onerous levels of debt, savings are an essential element in financing education.

In observance of College Savings Month in California, Zeny Agullana, executive director of the ScholarShare Investment Board, will give an overview of California's tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan, discuss their successes and challenges, where the program is headed, and how California can potentially emulate 529's in other states to help all Californians offset the high cost of education, reduce post-graduation debt, and build savings and assets.

The ScholarShare College Savings Plan is sponsored by the ScholarShare Investment Board, an agency of the State of California.

This event is sponsored by the New America Foundation, the Assets Policy Initiative of California, in association with Assembly members Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and José Solorio (D-Santa Ana).

• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF, 16 pps.)