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FOLSOM, Calif. – Feb. 27, 2023 – A commentary by SAFE Chief Financial Officer Alexis Fitzpatrick calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation requiring all California public schools to offer financial literacy courses appears in several local newspapers this week.
The weekly publications include the Carmichael Times, American River Messenger, Grapevine Independent, Rio Linda News, and the West Sacramento News Ledger.
In the op-ed, Fitzpatrick details how updating the state's curriculum to include financial literacy will ultimately help more Californians achieve financial freedom.
“Late last year, California released statewide test scores that revealed only 33 percent of students were able to meet the state’s math standards – a drop of 7 percent from 2019,” Fitzpatrick writes. "Adding financial literacy to the state’s education curriculum could help improve those numbers as well as prepare our youth for the financial realities of adulthood."
SAFE Credit Union Chief Financial Officer Alexis Fitzpatrick
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