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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois Bankers Association is a
3full-service trade association dedicated to creating a
4positive business climate that benefits the entire banking
5industry and the communities it serves; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Bank of Edwardsville has partnered with the
7Illinois Bankers Association to provide EverFi, an
8award-winning financial literacy platform using the latest in
9new media technologies to create a highly interactive
10experience for high school students including adaptive
11pathing, 3-D gaming, social networking, online animations,
12video, and messaging tools to teach students core financial
13topics such as banking, savings and budgeting, mortgages,
14credit cards, financing higher education, stocks, 401(k)
15plans, credit scores, insurance, taxes, and more; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Bank of Edwardsville is fully funding the
17EverFi financial literacy program in 14 area high schools to
18ensure that each school fulfills the State mandate for
19financial literacy education without the use of a single tax
20dollar; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Forty-three students from Collinsville High
22School were the first students in Illinois to graduate from the

 

 

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1nationally-recognized EverFi financial literacy program by
2successfully completing each module of the program; these
3students are now certified in hundreds of core financial
4topics; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The graduation and certificate award ceremony was
6held on February 8, 2012 at Collinsville High School; State
7Senator Kyle McCarter, Republican spokesman on the Senate
8Financial Institutions Committee, Dr. Robert A. Daiber,
9Madison County Regional Superintendent of Schools, John
10Miller, Mayor of the City of Collinsville, and Linda Koch,
11President and CEO of the Illinois Bankers Association, were all
12featured speakers at the ceremony; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Students, teachers, parents, bank
14representatives, and community leaders were also on hand to
15witness the accomplishments of the students who now have the
16best possible start when it comes to handling their finances;
17their hard work in learning these tools will help them for the
18rest of their lives; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we commend the Illinois Bankers Association and The Bank of
22Edwardsville for their sponsorship of financial literacy
23programs for high school youth and we congratulate the

 

 

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1Collinsville High School students upon their graduation from
2the EverFi financial literacy program; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4delivered to the Illinois Bankers Association, The Bank of
5Edwardsville, and Collinsville High School.