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Credit Union Pushes More Financial Literacy in Schools

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023   

A bill working its way through the state Legislature seeks to set students on a path toward higher education, career skills, and personal financial education.

Senate Bill 3 is designed to help students applying for jobs, write their resumes and develop job interviewing skills, and is also intended to get financial education back in the school curriculum after parts of it were removed by Oregon lawmakers.

Pam Leavitt, Oregon regional vice president for GoWest Credit Union, which supports the bill as do a host of other Credit Unions, said the need for financial education in Oregon high schools is clear.

"A lot of life skills, future planning, financial education, is not being taught in our school," Leavitt explained. "It's something that not only students are asking for but parents, and our community and teachers. "

The career path curriculum would help students learn to apply for jobs, prepare resumes, practice job interview skills, apply for admission to higher education or career training programs, seek scholarships or financial aid, and become self-advocates for their mental, physical and financial wellness.

Under the measure, students would earn a half credit in each of two tracks; one in higher education and career skills and the other in personal financial education, which Leavitt emphasized are critical no matter what people do after leaving high school.

"You are an absolute consumer whether you go to college, you can get a credit card, whether you are building credit to be a homeowner one day, rental applications, understanding credit scores, credit building, budgeting," Leavitt outlined.

The bill is pending action in the Joint Ways and Means Committee.

Disclosure: The GoWest Credit Union Association contributes to our fund for reporting on Community Issues and Volunteering, Consumer Issues, Housing/Homelessness, and Livable Wages/Working Families. If you would like to help support news in the public interest, click here.


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