Welcome to the Oregon Savings Network’s county information website. This website contains information about the college savings activity in every Oregon county. The Network was created to increase the ability of Oregonians to save for future higher education expenses through the Oregon College Savings Plan (OCSP). It is a unique investment tool that provides state and federal tax advantages and more flexibility than many other college savings vehicles. For more information, visit www.oregoncollegesavings.com.

Children with 529 college savings accounts like the OCSP have greater college expectations:

  • Kids who know they have a college savings account (even a small one) are 2.5 times more likely to go and graduate from college.
  • In fact, low- to moderate-income children with under $500 saved for college are 3 times more likely to go to college and 4.5 times more likely to graduate.

Be College Ready

Launched as a pilot program in five school districts during the 2015-16 school year, Be College Ready had the simple goal of helping young families learn the value of saving for higher education early in a child’s life using the OCSP. With results showing an increase in OCSP accounts among participating school districts and communities, we expanded Be College Ready to be a statewide program.

The OCSP launched the elementary school Be College Ready program for the 2018-2019 school year on August 13th. The program is open to all public elementary schools, private elementary schools and homeschooled children of elementary school age across Oregon.

Be College Ready is uniquely designed to be easy for elementary schools to incorporate. Here is how the program works:

  • Participating schools will receive free homework folders, pencils and bookmarks for every student.
  • 100 families (20 per each of the five congressional school districts) will be eligible to win $100 for an Oregon College Savings Plan account.
  • Schools are being asked to distribute information and provide opportunities for parents/families to learn more about the how the Oregon College Savings Plan can help make post-secondary education more affordable.

If your elementary school has not yet signed up to participate in the Be College Ready program for the 2018-2019 school year, please visit www.becollegeready.net today to order free supplies for your elementary school(s) and learn more about the program. Elementary school supplies can either be ordered directly by the elementary school, or ordered by the school district and then distributed to elementary schools by the district office. It is totally up to you how you would like to place orders for your K-5th grade students.