[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]


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 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.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2020-25572
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