529 Dash, Required Reading for Your 529 Education: 
The goal of the 529 Dash is to help institutions and financial professionals who help families and employers in the education financial planning process by creating and sharing industry relevant news, product training, market data and best practices, while also building awareness and understanding of the importance of 529 plans and ABLE accounts.

Please Read, Engage and Share.

Paul Curley, CFA
Associate Director
529 & ABLE Solutions, ISS Market Intelligence
paul.curley@issmarketintelligence.com
Twitter: @PaulCurleyBC

Please register for our next webinar on 529 Day 2024.

• Register here
• Date: May 29, 2024
• Time: 11am-11:45am EST
• Location: Virtual
• Title: 529 Day 2024 – Top Trends in 529 & ABLE
• Description: Hosted by Paul Curley, Director of 529 & ABLE Research at ISS MI, and Trisha Good, Executive Director of Ohio’s 529 Plan, CollegeAdvantage, ISS MI’s Q2 2024 529 & ABLE webinar will provide you with:
  • Key themes impacting the 529 industry in 2024, including 529-to-Roth IRA Rollovers
  • 529 & ABLE market sizing trends and talking point in Q1 2024
  • 529 reminders, tips and best practices
  • New industry insights from ISS MI’s annual surveys of parents, advisors and employers
  • 529 & ABLE industry announcements and product enhancements

Here is what you need to know from stories, research, and data released this week:

• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, “Has the growth in the price of education outpaced overall inflation?” Editor’s Take: ISS MI will be tracking tuition inflation post-pandemic. The back-to-normal phase of the post-pandemic era also means a return to historical tuition inflation rates. Furthermore, recent changes in federal income tax deductions for tuition payments and rising interest rates (and therefore new student loan interest rates) means that the importance of education financial planning continues to increase. Have the education financial planning conversation today.
• College Board, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2023.” Editor’s Take: This report includes a number of sources for tuition by school type and trends in historical pricing and financial aid. For example, the price for private nonprofit four-year schools increased 4.0% over the past year. Click the link and bookmark for future reference.
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, “Economic well-being of U.S. Households (SHED).” Editor’s Take: This report provides demographic information and market sizing of student loans. Additionally, there are comparisons between student loans, and other types of debt. The information is useful from a base knowledge, as well as presenting story boards on education financial planning. Click and bookmark for future reference.
• 529 Insiders, “Status Board: State Income Tax Treatment on 529 Distributions to Roth IRAs.” Editor’s Take: Effective 2024, certain types of qualified transfers from 529s to Roth IRAs will be allowed from a federal income tax perspective. From a state income tax perspective, this article categorizes the transfer as a qualified expense, non-qualified expense or decision pending from a state income tax recapture perspective for those that file state income tax with those states. This status board is for information purposes only based on publicly available information as of publication date, and you and your clients are responsible for determining the eligibility of a 529 distribution to a Roth IRA rollover. This article will be updated over time as more information becomes available. Current status board available in the link.
• 529 Insiders, “4Q 2023 529 & ABLE market sizing highlights.” Editor’s Take: What was the 529 and ABLE market sizing as of 4Q 2023 (December 31, 2023)? Click the link to learn more.

• Registration: Now open here with the early bird rate availability until June 26, 2024
• Dates: September 30, 2024 – October 2, 2024
• Location: Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, Florida; Hotel Room Block available here
• Welcome Reception: Sunday, September 29, 2024
• 529 Essentials Seminar: Monday, September 30, 2024
• Event Updates:
  • Thank you Prudential for sponsoring the Opening Night Reception and Room Key
  • Thank you Vestwell for sponsoring the Charging Station 
  • Thank you Ascensus for sponsoring the Event Bag & Lanyard
  • Thank you Invesco for sponsoring the Starbucks Gift Card 
  • Thank you T.Rowe Price for sponsoring the Tuesday Lunch
  • Thank you Chapleau Law Group for the Presenting Sponsorship
  • Thank you Pacific Life for sponsoring a Networking Refreshment Break 
  • Thank you Franklin Templeton for the Branding Sponsorship
  • Thank you Dimensional Fund Advisors for the Branding Sponsorship