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{{/U}} that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States
increased 10 percent this past school year. That was less than the {{U}} (38)
{{/U}} percent increase the year before, but still much higher than the
{{U}} (39) {{/U}} rate. Public colleges and universities still cost a lot
less than private ones.
Financial aid often helps. But financial
{{U}} (40) {{/U}} tell parents to start college {{U}} (41) {{/U}}
plans when their child is still very young.
All 50 states and
the District of Columbia {{U}} (42) {{/U}} what are called 5-20-9 plans.
These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in
1996. States use private investment companies to {{U}} (43) {{/U}} most
programs.
Every state has its own rules governing 5-20-9 plans.
Some of the plans are f