HR0808 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Illinois Bankers Association is a full-service trade association dedicated to creating a positive business climate that benefits the entire banking industry and the communities it serves; and

WHEREAS, The Bank of Edwardsville has partnered with the Illinois Bankers Association to provide EverFi, an award-winning financial literacy platform using the latest in new media technologies to create a highly interactive experience for high school students including adaptive pathing, 3-D gaming, social networking, online animations, video, and messaging tools to teach students core financial topics such as banking, savings and budgeting, mortgages, credit cards, financing higher education, stocks, 401(k) plans, credit scores, insurance, taxes, and more; and

WHEREAS, The Bank of Edwardsville is fully funding the EverFi financial literacy program in 14 area high schools to ensure that each school fulfills the State mandate for financial literacy education without the use of a single tax dollar; and

WHEREAS, Forty-three students from Collinsville High School were the first students in Illinois to graduate from the nationally-recognized EverFi financial literacy program by successfully completing each module of the program; these students are now certified in hundreds of core financial topics; and

WHEREAS, The graduation and certificate award ceremony was held on February 8, 2012 at Collinsville High School; State Senator Kyle McCarter, Republican spokesman on the Senate Financial Institutions Committee, Dr. Robert A. Daiber, Madison County Regional Superintendent of Schools, John Miller, Mayor of the City of Collinsville, and Linda Koch, President and CEO of the Illinois Bankers Association, were all featured speakers at the ceremony; and

WHEREAS, Students, teachers, parents, bank representatives, and community leaders were also on hand to witness the accomplishments of the students who now have the best possible start when it comes to handling their finances; their hard work in learning these tools will help them for the rest of their lives; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commend the Illinois Bankers Association and The Bank of Edwardsville for their sponsorship of financial literacy programs for high school youth and we congratulate the Collinsville High School students upon their graduation from the EverFi financial literacy program; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be delivered to the Illinois Bankers Association, The Bank of Edwardsville, and Collinsville High School.