The Pennsylvania Treasury Department wants to make saving for higher education as easy as possible. Treasury’s Keystone Scholars Account Program will provide all newborns born in 2018 in six Pennsylvania counties with $100 for higher education. Starting in 2019, the Program will expand to include every county in the Commonwealth. To claim your Keystone Scholars Account, please start by completing this pre-registration form.

By pre-registering, you will receive information in the mail in the coming months that will include detailed instructions on how to complete the process. Please note that during the initial phases of the Keystone Scholars Account Program only children born in 2018 in Delaware, Elk, Indiana, Luzerne, Mifflin, or Westmoreland Counties are eligible. Keystone Scholars will be available to newborns across the Commonwealth in 2019.

Funds invested in your Keystone Scholars Account remain under the sole custody of the Pennsylvania Treasury Department (Treasury) until they are used for the purposes of paying for qualified higher education expenses at an institution of higher education. A list of qualified higher education expenses may be found at www.pa529.com. These funds will be invested in the Pennsylvania 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP). No additional funds may be contributed to your Keystone Scholars Account. To learn more or to open a PA 529 GSP or PA 529 Investment Plan account, please visit us at www.pa529.com

Eligibility for Keystone Scholars is based on the child’s date of birth:

For children born to or adopted by a Pennsylvania family on or after January 1, 2019, the child must be a Pennsylvania resident at birth and at the time the Keystone Scholars funds are used. The child must also be the Beneficiary of a PA 529 College and Career Savings Program Account other than the Keystone Scholars Account at the time Keystone Scholars funds are used. If not used by the beneficiary’s 29th birthday, the funds will be returned to Treasury.

For children born to or adopted by a Pennsylvania family between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018, the child must be a resident of Delaware, Elk, Indiana, Luzerne, Mifflin, or Westmoreland county at birth and be a Pennsylvania resident at the time the Keystone Scholars funds are used. If not claimed by the beneficiary’s first birthday or used by the beneficiary’s 29th birthday, the funds will be returned to Treasury.

There are two pages to the pre-registration process.

First, to get started, tell us a little about your new child:

Child's first name

Child's last name

Child's date of birth (or Due Date, if expecting)

Parent's email address

Please note that during the initial phases of the Keystone Scholars Account Program only children born in 2018 in Delaware, Elk, Indiana, Luzerne, Mifflin, or Westmoreland Counties are eligible. Keystone Scholars will be available to newborns across the Commonwealth in 2019.

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