News Releases - November 2023

Treasurer Stacy Garrity Teams Up with Good Morning America to Return $231,000 to Spring-Ford Area School District

Treasurer Stacy Garrity Teams Up with Good Morning America to Return $231,000 to Spring-Ford Area School District

High school football fans also find more than $25,000 of unclaimed property owed to them


Royersford, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity and ABC News’ Good Morning America teamed up to surprise Spring-Ford Area School District with a check for $231,057.39 worth of unclaimed property at halftime of the district’s state playoff football game on November 10.


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Scam Alert! Treasurer Stacy Garrity Warns of New Scam Targeting Property Tax/Rent Rebate Recipients

The Pennsylvania Treasury Department will never call and ask for personal information.


Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity today warned Pennsylvanians that scammers are calling residents who have applied for a Property Tax/Rent Rebate and asking for bank account information in an effort to steal valuable personal information. She reminded people that the Pennsylvania Treasury Department will never call and ask for bank information.


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Treasurer Stacy Garrity Announces First-Ever Morningstar Gold Rating for PA 529 Investment Plan

Pennsylvania one of just two plans nationwide to earn this highest ranking


Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program Investment Plan (IP) has received a Gold Rating from Morningstar, ranking it as one of the very best 529 plans in the nation. This is the highest designation possible through the firm’s review of the top 529 education savings plans of 2023.


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Treasurer Stacy Garrity Commends General Assembly for Rainy Day Fund Increase

Addition of $900 million will lift Pennsylvania’s reserve fund above the national median


Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today commended the General Assembly for taking action to add nearly $900 million to the state’s Rainy Day Fund. House Bill 735, approved unanimously by the Senate last week and approved by the House this week, authorizes the deposit by clarifying the definition of “surplus” in the law governing the Rainy Day Fund.