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Plan	Are program benefits collateralized or guaranteed in any other way?
Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program Alabama	No
Prepaid Tuition Fund Colorado	No
Florida Prepaid College Plan Florida	No
U.Plan Massachusetts	No
Michigan Education Trust Michigan	No
Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program Mississippi	No
Nevada Prepaid Tuition Program Nevada	No
Ohio CollegeAdvantage -- Guaranteed Savings Fund Ohio	No
Private College 529 Plan Other	No
Pennsylvania 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan Pennsylvania	No
Tennessee's BEST Prepaid College Tuition Plan Tennessee	No
Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan Texas	No
Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) Washington	No
Texas Tuition Promise Fund Texas	Under Texas law the public colleges in Texas must accept less than full tuition and fees if the fund’s investment return fails to keep pace with tuition and fee increases.
Kentucky's Affordable Prepaid Tuition (KAPT) Kentucky	Yes, 75% of the state abandoned property fund is available to cover any unfunded liability.
SMART529 Prepaid Tuition Plan West Virginia	Yes, a prepaid tuition escrow account exists to guarantee payment of prepaid tuition contracts; up to $1,000,000 annually is transferred to the escrow account from the state's unclaimed property fund if an unfunded liability exists in the program's trust fund.
Virginia529 prePAID Virginia	Yes, state legislation currently provides a financial guarantee in each year's state budget to cover VPEP's contractual obligations in the event of a funding shortfall. This provision can only be changed by the Virginia General Assembly, subject to the Governor’s veto, and the General Assembly’s ability to override a veto.
College Savings Plans of Maryland -- Prepaid College Trust Maryland	Yes, the legislature is required to consider, but not necessarily approve, an appropriation to cover any shortfall, repayable within two years.
College Illinois! 529 Prepaid Tuition Program Illinois	Yes, the legislature is required to consider, but not necessarily approve, an appropriation to cover the shortfall.
South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program South Carolina	Yes, the state legislature is required to consider, but not necessarily approve, an appropriation to return all payments plus 4% interest in the event the program is canceled.