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The mission of the Louisiana Bankers Education Council is to promote financial education among bankers and students throughout Louisiana by:
- Elementary school financial literacy education, i.e. Bank-at-School
- High school financial literacy education, i.e. Simply Banking
- College Freshman Scholarships
- Louisiana JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy – partnering with others to promote financial literacy throughout Louisiana
- Education for middle management bankers
- Manage the Louisiana Bankers Education Foundation which funds the above programs
For more information on the council's governing policy, click here.
Bank-at-School Program
Since 1994, LBEC and the State Treasurer's Office has co-sponsored and organized an educational program where banks assist elementary schools promote financial education throughout the state.
Simply Banking
Simply Banking is the banking study guide designed for high school and middle school students. There is a teacher version with benchmarks, and a separate student version. Both are PDF files that easily download in minutes.
College Freshman Scholarships
LYB offers $1,000 cash scholarships to incoming freshmen who have at least one parent employed with a bank in Louisiana or are themselves an employee of a bank in Louisiana. The student must enroll in an accredited Louisiana college or university with a declared major in the College of Business.
Louisiana Coalition For Personal Financial Literacy
LBEC has joined forces with other organizations in the state to provide quality learning opportunities for Louisiana teachers so that they may be better informed to prepare students for the personal financial decisions the students will make in the future.
Officers & Council Members
Each year at the annual conference, a new slate of officers and council members are elected by the conference attendees to serve for the upcoming year.
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