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It's financially smart to periodically check your college savings strategies and reconsider how much money to put away for school, says Luke Carey, a Certified Financial Planner with Lighthouse Financial Advisors in Red Bank, N.J.

As you conduct your college savings checkup, here are four strategies experts say you should use.


 

 

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