SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
The NID Housing Counseling Agency, California Department of Real Estate
and Sacramento Charter High School in partnership launched their new
Financial Literacy High School course this week at Sacramento Charter
High School.
The Financial Literacy course, created and developed by the California
Department of Real Estate, will educate students at the Junior and
Senior levels. The class will be offered every fall of each school year.
Students that successfully complete the course will earn 5 units of
credit and a certificate of completion from the California Department of
Real Estate.
The focus of this new course will be on the fundamentals of finance,
saving and investing, credit card debt, loans, renting and lease
agreements, buying, borrowing, budgeting and other important areas of
finance.
Ms. Jacqueline Carlisle, Executive Director of the NID-Housing
Counseling Agency (NID-HCA), based in northern California, said,
“Education is the foundation for prudent decision making. The future
stewards of the resources of this great state will learn valuable
information, which will equip them in making informed financial choices
for years to come.”
NID-HCA has committed the necessary funding that will allow delivery of
the course for 3 years while building a sustainable program less
dependent on scarce public resources. A HUD approved housing counseling
agency since 1995, NID-HCA operates in 22 states and 75 housing markets
across the country, providing in-person housing and mortgage counseling,
housing clinics, educational homeownership workshops, financial
literacy, credit and budgeting classes and regional Help Lines.
“Education is crucial if we want to learn from our past mistakes,”
stated Barbara Bigby, Acting Real Estate Commissioner of the California
Department of Real Estate. “This course will help students avoid the
pitfalls that surround every financial decision and give them the tools
for a successful financial future,” added Bigby.
To learn more about the Department of Real Estate and Financial Literacy
please visit
www.dre.ca.gov .
SOURCE: California Department of Real Estate
California Department of Real Estate
Tom Pool, 916-227-0772
Copyright Business Wire 2011
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