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AFSA Independents Section Raises $20,000
to Benefit MoneySKILL
The Independents Section raised funds in a Golf Hole Sponsorship and a Silent Auction held in April at the '05 Independents Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas.
MoneySKILL Teacher Registrations Keep Rising
More than 230 teachers registered in April alone, primarily because of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions' direct mailing to teachers promoting financial literacy in the classroom. Wisconsin teachers receive a $100 award if they have at least 20 students completing MoneySKILL — the school with the most students to complete the MoneySKILL curriculum will receive $1,000.
Irvine Joins Signing of Financial Literacy Legislation
in South Carolina
On May 4, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford signed HB 3020, the Financial Literacy Act of 2005, which provides for the development or adoption of a curriculum for local school boards to teach financial literacy, and provides for the establishment of a fund to receive public and private contributions for financial literacy instruction. AFSAEF president and chief executive officer Susie Irvine was present for the bill's signing, which took place at the state capital building in Columbia.
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