{"id":265098,"date":"2024-02-22T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-californians-for-financial-education-campaign-applauds-new-legislation-requiring-personal-finance-education-for-all-students\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T20:30:02","slug":"la-campana-californianos-por-la-educacion-financiera-aplaude-la-nueva-legislacion-que-exige-la-educacion-financiera-personal-para-todos-los-estudiantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-campana-californianos-por-la-educacion-financiera-aplaude-la-nueva-legislacion-que-exige-la-educacion-financiera-personal-para-todos-los-estudiantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Californians for Financial Education Campaign Applauds New Legislation Requiring Personal Finance Education for All Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen3{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; MARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prncbts{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0.5pt solid\n}\n.prnvab{\nVERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM\n}\n.prnbrbrs{\nBORDER-RIGHT:black 0.5pt solid\n}\n.prnbbbs{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 0.5pt solid\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE; BORDER-TOP:0pt solid black; BORDER-RIGHT:0pt solid black; BORDER-BOTTOM:0pt solid black; BORDER-LEFT:0pt solid black\n}\n.prnpr2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em\n}\n.prnbsbls{\nBORDER-LEFT:black 0.5pt solid\n}\n.prnpl2{\nPADDING-LEFT:0.17em\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 21, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=1142811674&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialed4ca.com%2F&amp;a=Californians+for+Financial+Education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Californians for Financial Education<\/a><\/u>, the campaign to pass a 2024 ballot measure to guarantee a standalone, semester-long personal finance course to every <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> high school student, today applauded the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=4012418815&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fa06.asmdc.org%2Fpress-releases%2F20240221-assemblymember-kevin-mccarty-introduces-bill-requiring-high-school-students&amp;a=Assembly+Bill%C2%A0+2927%2C+a+measure+authored+by+Assemblymember+Kevin+McCarty+(AD-06).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Assembly Bill\u00a0 2927, a measure authored by Assemblymember <span class=\"xn-person\">Kevin McCarty<\/span> (AD-06).<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg9f4eleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg9f4eleft\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 278px;\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2345015\/Californians_for_Financial_Education_Logo.jpg\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The intent of AB 2927 is to require <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> public high schools to provide a stand-alone course in personal finance to all students, with completion of the course a high school graduation requirement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I commend Assemblymember McCarty&#8217;s commitment to personal finance education leadership and commitment on this issue, and support the intent of AB 2927,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Tim Ranzetta<\/span>, the co-founder of Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF), a <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> non-profit. &#8220;This legislation represents a significant investment in our state&#8217;s future, empowering every high school student with the knowledge necessary for financial independence and stability.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NGPF provides curriculum and teacher professional development at no cost to more than 96,000 educators nationwide, including more than 6,000 in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A recently published report, <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=1467383509&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftytonpartners.com%2Finvesting-in-tomorrow-2024%2F&amp;a=Investing+in+Tomorrow%3A+Lifetime+Value+of+Financial+Education+in+High+School\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Investing in Tomorrow: Lifetime Value of Financial Education in High School<\/a><\/u>, found that the lifetime benefit of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> students taking a high school personal finance course is <span class=\"xn-money\">$127,000<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ranzetta noted that there is broad public support for establishing a personal finance education requirement in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. A 2022 poll completed by Public Policy Polling found that 85% of Californians polled think all high school students should be guaranteed a basic course in personal finance. According to polling conducted by <span class=\"xn-person\">David Binder<\/span> of Binder Research, nearly 75 percent of likely voters would vote YES on this ballot measure as written.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=1142811674&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialed4ca.com%2F&amp;a=Californians+for+Financial+Education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Californians for Financial Education<\/a><\/u>&#8216;s signature-gathering for its initiative remains on track for success in bringing the matter to a statewide vote. The campaign anticipates it will have collected enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot in the next few weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The campaign believes that its success in obtaining signatures for the initiative provides further evidence of the overwhelming support for guaranteeing personal finance education for <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> high school students.\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=1142811674&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialed4ca.com%2F&amp;a=Californians+for+Financial+Education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Californians for Financial Education<\/a><\/u>\u00a0is committed to ensuring that <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> students get personal finance education, whether through legislation or the initiative process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prnvab prnpl2 prnpr2 prncbts prnbrbrs prnbbbs prnbsbls\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prngen3\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><u>Ad paid for by Californians for Financial Education.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prngen3\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><u>Ad Committee&#8217;s Top Funder<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prngen3\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Timothy Ranzetta<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prngen3\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><u>Funding Details at <\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=668895426&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fppc.ca.gov%2F&amp;a=www.fppc.ca.gov\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.fppc.ca.gov<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Contact: Roger\u00a0Salazar<br \/><a href=\"mailto:rsalazar@alzamedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">rsalazar@alzamedia.com<\/a>\u00a0\/ (916) 284-1255<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=1312936176&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2345015%2FCalifornians_for_Financial_Education_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2345015%2FCalifornians_for_Financial_Education_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2345015\/Californians_for_Financial_Education_Logo.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Californians for Financial Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 21, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4097560-1&amp;h=1142811674&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialed4ca.com%2F&amp;a=Californians+for+Financial+Education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Californians for Financial Education<\/a><\/u>, the campaign to pass a 2024 ballot measure to guarantee a standalone, semester-long personal finance course to every <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> high school student, today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265098"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265118,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265098\/revisions\/265118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}