Are you teaching personal finance this year and need training?  The Louisiana Coalition awards a scholarship each year for attendance at the Jump$tart National Educator Conference to a Louisiana educator in a public, charter, or private school.  The National Jump$tart Coalition conducts an annual conference devoted specifically to PreK-12 classroom teachers of personal finance.  Apply Now for the scholarship which covers two hotel nights, six conference meals, full participation in the conference activities, and your airfare.  The online application deadline is August 16th, 2019.  The 2019 Jump$tart National Educator Conference is set for November 1-3 in Washington, DC.

 

Louisiana makes six!  Before Act 154 was passed by the 2018 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, there were only five states in the United States that required a personal finance course for high school graduation:  Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.  The legislation,  sponsored by Senator Thompson and Representative Gene Reynolds, makes personal financial management a requirement in public elementary and secondary schools in Louisiana.  The instruction must include the following components:  income, money management, spending and credit, and saving and investing.  Starting in 2019, all ninth graders enrolled in public school will be required to take these courses in order to graduate.

 

 

Announcement of 2019 Honorees

The Louisiana Jump$tart Coalition’s program, the Workplace Financial Education Honor Roll, recognizes companies or organizations that provide financial literacy as an added benefit to their employees. This recognition program is relevant and achievable for the workplace regardless of company size, industry, business model, resources and employee demographics.

We are pleased to announce the 2019 Workplace Financial Education honorees:

• BREC
• Cox Southeast Region
• Louisiana Lottery

Congratulations to these honorees for making a difference in their employees’ long term financial well-being.   Learn more about the benefits of making a commitment to deliver financial education to your employees.

About the Program

The purpose of our program is to:

• Recognize organizations with exemplary workplace financial education efforts to enhance employee financial understanding and well-being; and
• Encourage organizations to implement, support and further develop financial literacy programs in the workplace.

Companies who provide workplace education stand to gain!

Companies providing financial education show improvement in workplace including increased productivity, employee morale, and company loyalty and decreased healthcare costs, absenteeism, turnover, workplace distractions, and operational risk across the company. Financial education programs have the effect of contributing to the company’s bottom line between $3 and $4 for every dollar spent.