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IBAT Education Foundation Participates In
Financial Education Training
Teachers from 25 school districts and charter schools from around Texas attended an all-day financial education workshop on Wednesday, June 28 to prepare for a financial literacy pilot program to begin in the fall in certain districts.
The workshop, conducted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), State Securities Board and Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC), offered an opportunity for teachers to both learn the instructional materials and prepare for the pilot program.
The pilot program tested two programs - the Financial Literacy 2010 (known as FL2010) and the acclaimed FDIC Money Smart curricula - against the requirements of Senate Bill 851 by Sen. Shapleigh, D-El Paso. SB 851 requires the pilot program on financial literacy, which has been developed for 25 school districts across the state, to address financial criteria for specific topics.
The IBAT Education Foundation mission is to build financially literate communities across Texas. Toward this mission it is creating links for community bankers and local schools to work together with a common passion of financial education learned at early ages.
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