10-R148
2010 -- S 2765
Enacted 04/06/10
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
DESIGNATING
APRIL, 2010, AS "FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF
Introduced By: Senators DaPonte, Felag, Gallo, Jabour, and Raptakis
Date Introduced: April 06, 2010
WHEREAS, During these globally difficult economic times, we have to
understand the
importance of wise fiscal management, and Rhode Islanders of all
races, ages, genders, and socio-
economic groups seek to improve their personal family finances
by developing the basic financial
skills needed to create and maintain a budget, to understand
credit, loans, banking, investments,
and retirement plans, and to take advantage of the
financial opportunities and assess the risks
connected with each; and
WHEREAS, The financial well-being of individual
State’s and Nation’s economic health; and
WHEREAS, Personal
financial literacy is linked to individual financial well-being; and
WHEREAS, Personal
financial literacy education involves active engagement on the part
of individual citizens and family units in an ongoing
and evolving process; and
WHEREAS, Governments,
private businesses, community-based organizations, and
institutions of education are stakeholders in the pursuit of increased
personal financial literacy,
and by working together, such entities can help consumers
make informed decisions about their
finances; and
WHEREAS, The personal financial education of all citizens, especially
youth and other
vulnerable populations, will improve the quality of their lives,
will provide them with the
necessary skills for success, and will contribute to making
positive changes for the communities
in which they live and work; and
WHEREAS, Public and
private partnerships, such as the Rhode Island Jump$tart
Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, seek to
improve the personal financial literacy of all
Rhode Islanders by promoting educational initiatives
throughout our state; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of
hereby proclaims April 2010 to be “Financial Literacy
Month.” We urge all Rhode Islanders to
take advantage of various programs and activities that
will increase their personal financial
literacy both during the month of April and throughout the
year; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode
Island Jump$tart Coalition.
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