July 18th, 2009 by B

Photographer: Andre Charland

Competitive grants will be created for various institutions to create a program exploring financial literacy education for adults ages 15 – 24. This program will teach budgeting, debt reduction, saving, and investing. Students will also learn about foreclosures, predatory lending, bankruptcy, and credit card misuse. The total amount of $275 million will be set aside for this bill for the years 2010 – 2014. H.R. 3147 was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Education and Labor.

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