HRES 1238
Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults.
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Bill overview
This resolution encourages greater collaboration between the public and private sectors to improve financial literacy for students and young adults. It highlights the need for increased financial education due to challenges like complex financial markets, the shift from pensions to defined contribution plans, and low levels of financial confidence among young people. The resolution supports initiatives like the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Money as You Grow program and references existing efforts to promote financial literacy through partnerships and research.
Key provisions
- Emphasizes the importance of providing financial information and workshops to consumers of all ages.
- Reaffirms the goals of section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act, encouraging partnerships between financial agencies and organizations supporting minority and women’s opportunities.
- Supports the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s efforts to provide financial information and tools.
- Urges the Department of the Treasury to consult with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and implement future national financial capability studies.
Who is affected
- Students
- Young adults
- Educators
- Financial institutions
- Consumers
Notable changes
- References the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Money as You Grow initiative.
- Highlights the importance of just-in-time financial education.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. RES. 1238
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RESOLUTION
Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults.
Whereas personal financial literacy is essential to ensuring that individuals are prepared to make informed decisions about budgeting, financial planning, wealth accumulation, higher education loans, 529 savings plans, managing credit cards, and managing other debt;
Whereas many young people are ill-equipped to handle major financial decisions in an increasingly complex financial marketplace;
Whereas personal financial management skills begin to develop during childhood;
Whereas, according to the report of the Girl Scout Research Institute entitled Having It All: Girls and Financial Literacy
, only 12 percent of girls feel very confident about making financial decisions;
Whereas the move away from traditional pensions and toward defined contribution plans requires more financial education, so workers need to be equipped with the financial aptitude to not only save and accumulate assets, but also to turn those assets into lifetime income;
Whereas the Council for Economic Education found that only 22 States require high school students to take some type of economics course and 39 States require a personal finance course for high school graduation;
Whereas a longitudinal research study by the University of Arizona found that high school and college students who have been exposed to ongoing financial education show an increase in financial knowledge;
Whereas the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection was created to educate consumers and help consumers make better-informed financial decisions by helping make the financial markets safer for consumers, increasing transparency to enable individuals to compare products and make informed decisions, and promoting policies that help consumers improve their financial knowledge and capability;
Whereas the Bureau’s 2024 Financial Literacy Annual Report included a number of recommendations to improve financial literacy for students;
Whereas the Bureau’s Money as You Grow initiative provides age-appropriate financial lesson plans for educators to show how personal finance can provide appropriate context and content for mathematics and English language arts teaching;
Whereas section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5452) directs the Federal financial regulatory agencies to partner with high schools in targeted areas to help promote financial literacy and to create industry internships, summer employment, and full-time positions
for talented minorities and women;
Whereas the National Financial Capability Study, developed in consultation with the Department of the Treasury and former President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, continues to update key measures from the 2009 National Financial Capability Study of American adults and deepens the exploration of topics that are highly relevant today, including student loans and medical debt;
Whereas the Federal Reserve System offers publications in English and Spanish that provide consumers tips on a broad range of topics, from avoiding mortgage foreclosure scams to managing a checking account; and
Whereas a study conducted by Daniel Fernandes, John G. Lynch, Jr., and Richard Netemeyer entitled Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Downstream Financial Behaviors
found that it is best to provide assistance just before a decision is made in what is known as
: Now, therefore, be itjust-in-time education
That the House of Representatives—
emphasizes the importance of raising awareness of individual financial capability by providing relevant information, financial workshops, and other decision making tools to consumers of all ages;
reaffirms the purposes of section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act (12 U.S.C. 5452), which directs Federal financial agencies to partner with organizations that are focused on developing opportunities for minorities and women to place talented young minorities and women in industry internships, summer employment, and full-time positions;
supports the efforts of the Bureau of Consumer Finance Protection to provide consumers with relevant information and decision making tools regarding important financial decisions; and