College guide

CollegeAmerica and ABLEAmerica are nationwide plans sponsored by Virginia 529

ARTICLE TAKEAWAYS

  • Use this guide to determine what actions to consider on your CollegeAmerica® account when a student begins college.

Actions to consider

Consider talking to your financial professional. They can offer advice and help you make decisions when going through a major life event or change.

You can log in and complete account updates and perform transactions for most account types.

Identify how you would like to take a distribution from your account

  • Take a one-time distribution
  • Set up or modify an automatic distribution plan
  • Download the Add/Update Bank Information form (PDF) to link a bank account to receive distributions


Review the investment allocations in your account*

  • Complete a one-time exchange or rebalance in an account
  • Set up or modify an automatic rebalance plan
  • Set up or modify an automatic exchange plan


* Note: Any exchange or rebalance is considered a strategy change for a CollegeAmerica Account.

Review the personal and banking information on your account

  • Add or update the successor owner or custodian
  • Update your address
  • Update your email address to ensure you receive alerts about account activity, security and document availability

 

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