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Proc 10155ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10155

Read Across America Day, 2021

President Biden proclaimed March 2, 2021 as Read Across America Day, calling on Americans to observe it with programs and activities promoting childhood literacy. The proclamation emphasizes reading's importance for education, economic opportunity, and civic engagement, while noting pandemic-related learning loss and the Administration's support for safe in-person schooling.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 12527

Impact dates

  1. Read Across America Day observation

Key directives

  • Proclaim March 2, 2021 as Read Across America Day
  • Call upon children, families, educators, librarians, public officials, and all people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of March 2, 2021 as Read Across America Day
  • Call to observe with programs and ceremonies

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document frames literacy as economic and national security imperative but contains no binding policy or funding mechanisms
  • Vague 'support to States and communities' for in-person learning lacks specificity on programs or amounts
Proclamation 10155: Read Across America Day, 2021 · Executive Orders