In the early days of 529 plans, once you selected an investment option within a college savings plan, you could not change that option. Only new contributions could be invested in different investment options.
Under current rules, however, the IRS allows you to change your investment options in a college savings plan once every calendar year.
For more information, see http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/intro529.htm.
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