Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1024

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House 
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt, Clerk
, Clerk
, Clerk
, Clerk 
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31st Legislative Day 
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 
Calling of the House to Order by the Speaker. 
Prayer by Father Frank Morin, St. Michael Parish, Augusta. 
Colors presented by Franco American War Veterans' Color Guard, Post 31, Lewiston. 
National Anthem by Rachel Boucher Ellis, Augusta. 
Pledge of Allegiance led by Honorable Paul Chace, Durham. 
Doctor of the day, Hani Jarawan, M.D., Portland. 
Reading of the Journal of yesterday. 
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HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Wednesday, April 19, 2017
(4-2)  On motion of Representative POULIOT of Augusta, the following Joint 
Resolution:  (H.P. 1024) 
JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2017 AS FOSTERING FINANCIAL 
EDUCATION MONTH 
WHEREAS, financial education is essential to ensuring that students, young adults and 
families are prepared to effectively budget, manage, save and invest their money; and 
WHEREAS, the Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, a past 
recipient of the prestigious State Coalition of the Year Award from the National Jump$tart 
Coalition for its initiatives, efforts and support of personal financial education in Maine, has 
demonstrated leadership in expanding financial education learning opportunities and outreach for 
students and educators through free webinars, classroom presentations, programs and other 
creative initiatives in order to provide a better understanding of personal finance in Maine 
schools; and 
WHEREAS, the 8th annual Fostering Financial Education in Maine Schools Conference, 
to be held April 28, 2017 at the Augusta Civic Center, provides training and financial education 
resources to help include financial literacy instruction in the school experience for K-12 students 
and young adults; and 
WHEREAS, over the past 7 years the conference has enabled nearly 1,000 teachers and 
community educators to offer financial literacy instruction and materials to students and young 
adults in every region of the State; and 
WHEREAS, the conference and other related events and programs are a collaboration of 
business, government, nonprofit and financial education organizations working together as the 
Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, including the Office of Securities 
within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, the Finance Authority of Maine, 
the Maine Credit Union League, Maine's credit unions, the Maine Bankers Association and 
Maine's banks; now, therefore, be it 
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Legislature 
now assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this 
opportunity to recognize April 2017 as Fostering Financial Education Month in order to raise 
awareness about the Fostering Financial Education in Maine Schools Conference and to 
emphasize the importance of helping and encouraging Maine's young people to become 
financially capable adults so that they may fulfill their dreams and aspirations, and we urge all 
citizens to participate in educating students to become financially capable. 
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