American Education Week, 2020
| Published date | 18 November 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 73399 |
| Record Number | 2020-25572 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 223 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 73399-73400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25572]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 223 / Wednesday, November 18, 2020 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10119 of November 13, 2020
American Education Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Education empowers students of all ages to reach their
full potential and plays a fundamental role in
developing a strong workforce and informed citizenry.
Our Nation is currently enduring an unprecedented
academic year, but our commitment to the safe reopening
of schools and the expansion of school choice programs
nationwide remains steadfast. As we celebrate the 99th
anniversary of American Education Week, I encourage
States, districts, and school boards across the country
to embrace creative, personalized approaches to
learning, and to ensure that students are at the center
of all of their educational endeavors.
This year, students, teachers, and administrators have
faced extraordinary challenges. Nevertheless, we must
recognize that our children's physical, mental, and
emotional well-being depend so much on their access to
schools. Studies show that children are at very low
risk of serious illness from the coronavirus, while the
harms of delaying their return to in-person instruction
are grave. As President, I have taken unprecedented
action to ensure that classrooms are safe so that
students can return to school and resume learning
amongst their peers. My Administration fought for
billions of dollars in funding for local school
districts for personal protective equipment, increased
cleaning services, and other critical resources and is
providing States with millions of revolutionary point-
of-care tests that deliver highly accurate results in
minutes. Whether in the classroom or at home, I am
committed to fighting for whatever is needed to ensure
quality education for every American student.
As a result of thousands of schools transitioning to
some form of remote learning, parents are gaining
expanded insight into our Nation's inadequate education
system. For too many families, the pandemic has served
as a stark reminder that an antiquated, agenda-driven,
one-size-fits-all approach to education simply does not
work. Instead, parents desire greater control over how
their tax dollars are spent, and American families
demand more options and more autonomy over their
children's education. Whether they choose public,
private, magnet, charter, parochial, or home schools, I
am fighting to expand every family's choices in our
Nation's education system. Last year, I signed the
Secure Act to broaden how families could spend the
funds in tax-free college savings accounts. And just
this July, my Administration awarded new funding to the
successful DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, so
disadvantaged students in our Nation's capital can
attend the school of their choice. These actions are
part of our continued efforts to empower parents and
encourage educational innovation at the State and local
levels, because in the land of the free, a child's zip
code should never play any role in determining their
educational potential.
During this American Education week, we especially
celebrate the teachers, community leaders, parents, and
advocates that shape the futures of our country's
children. They play an essential and powerful role in
developing Americans of character who are capable of
enhancing our country's culture, society, and economy.
As our Nation's teachers and students navigate an
unprecedented school year, we must all recommit to
providing students
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with lifelong learning opportunities and supplying them
with the tools they need to achieve success.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim November 15 through
November 21, 2020, as American Education Week. I
commend our Nation's schools, their teachers and
leaders, and the parents of students across this land.
And I call on States and communities to support high-
quality education to meet the needs of all students.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2020-25572
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