ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION No. 118

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 14, 2019

      The Assembly Education Committee reports favorably Assembly Joint Resolution No. 118.

     This joint resolution designates April of each year as “Financial Literacy Month” in New Jersey in order to improve the understanding of the State’s citizens of critical financial issues such as credit management, savings, debt management, and homeownership, and to significantly increase an individual’s likelihood of financial success. Under the joint resolution, the Governor is respectfully requested to annually issue a proclamation recognizing April as “Financial Literacy Month” in New Jersey and calling upon schools, financial institutions, nonprofit financial educational organizations, the citizens of the State, and other interested groups to observe the month with appropriate activities and programs.