House Resolution 29 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                BY  JENKINS and PETERSEN
  1  3 A Resolution designating April 2005 as Financial
  1  4    Literacy for Youth Month in Iowa.
  1  5    WHEREAS, personal financial education is essential
  1  6 for ensuring that the youth of Iowa are prepared to
  1  7 manage money, investments, and credit with wisdom and
  1  8 responsibility; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, acquisition of financial literacy skills
  1 10 by Iowa's youth will improve the quality of their
  1 11 lives as adults, will provide them with skills for
  1 12 success, will contribute to positive changes for the
  1 13 communities in which they live and work, and will
  1 14 benefit the economy of this state; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, the goals of Financial Literacy for Youth
  1 16 Month are to increase public and educator awareness of
  1 17 the need to improve the personal financial literacy of
  1 18 Iowa's young people and to encourage young people to
  1 19 develop the knowledge and skills necessary for them to
  1 20 create wealth for both themselves and their community;
  1 21 and
  1 22    WHEREAS, this endeavor is worthy of support in
  1 23 order to benefit the citizens and consumers of this
  1 24 state and to protect the financial future of the
  1 25 state's youth; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 27 That the House of Representatives designates April
  1 28 2005 as Financial Literacy for Youth Month in Iowa and
  1 29 encourages parents and educators to participate in
  1 30 this observance with appropriate activities and
  2  1 exercises.
  2  2 LSB 2378HH 81
  2  3 jr:rj/gg/14.1