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Published: January 8, 2007
College try
State asked to fund savings plan
Oklahoman Editorial
W E'VE long recommended the Oklahoma College Savings Plan as a means of covering the staggering cost of higher education with contributions made throughout a future college student's childhood and adolescence.

Such savings programs, known as 529 plans, have been embraced by parents and grandparents with enough disposable income to make regular contributions. Yet the group of Oklahomans most in need of help with tuit...

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