Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 06:59:49 CST
From: "TMF" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject: ROTH IRA for College Purposes VS 401K
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I am planning on college for my 2 children (aged 5 and 2). I invest in
a 529; however as an alternative - is it allowable to use funding from
a ROTH-IRA to support college expenses.
If this is allowed - then is a withdrawl from a 401K plan allowed as
well.

I am trying to best understand how to model the investments; whether to
put a portion in to a 529 and a portion in to a ROTH. This way - the
ROTH can be used to either fund retirment or fund college - if there is
a college shortfall and retirement surplus.
Thanks