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Proc 10137ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 10137

National School Choice Week, 2021

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In simple terms

This proclamation declares January 24-30, 2021 as National School Choice Week. It contains policy advocacy calling on Congress to pass two school choice bills (Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act, and School Choice Now Act) and references a prior executive order on educational opportunity, but the proclamation itself establishes no binding policy, mandates, or regulatory changes.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 6797

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 86 FR 6797

    Federal Register PDF

  3. National School Choice Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

What to expect

Immediate

  • Proclamation of National School Choice Week (January 24-30, 2021)

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation blurs ceremonial and policy-advocacy lines by urging specific congressional legislation; however, no binding directive issued
  • Reference to 'recently issued' executive order on school choice lacks specific EO number in text
  • Language framing school choice as 'civil rights issue' and 'zip code' determinism is politically contested framing
Proclamation 10137: National School Choice Week, 2021 · Executive Orders