Guaranteed Education Tuition

Washington’s prepaid tuition plan has been frozen for nearly two years — closed to new investors and lump-sum investments.

But if a state committee votes to revive it this week, it may soon come back to life.

A new, state-sponsored option for investing for college won’t be ready until next year, so those enrolled in Washington state’s current prepaid tuition plan have until at least Sept. 1 to pull their money out without penalty.

Despite speculation to the contrary, the price for Washington's prepaid tuition program will be going up again this fall, according to officials with the Guaranteed Education Tuition program.

As state universities prepare to raise tuition by double digits again this year, many families are looking to the state's prepaid college-tuition plan to blunt the impact.

But because tuition has gone up so dramatically in such a short period of time, the…

As Washington’s prepaid tuition program opens to new participants today, the plan might not seem like much of a bargain to people who bought in years ago at the equivalent of $7,000 or $8,000 for a year of college.

But it’s the inevitable result of keeping up with the state’s skyrocketing…