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Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Education Secretary Rod Paige on Thursday, May 16, will host a roundtable meeting with leaders of key youth education groups to discuss ways in which the Departments of Treasury and Education can work with them to promote the integration of financial education concepts into core curriculum in U.S. schools.
U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin will moderate the roundtable discussion jointly with Education Deputy Secretary Bill Hansen, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Sheila Bair and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education Judy Chapa.
The roundtable will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Treasury Department's Cash Room, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. The first 30 minutes of the meeting will be open to the media.
The room will be available for pre-set at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday. Media without Treasury or White House press credentials planning to attend should contact Frances Anderson at Treasury's Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960 by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday with the following information: name, social security number and date of birth. This information may also be faxed to (202) 622-1999.