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Proclamation 10750

National Teacher Appreciation Day and National Teacher Appreciation Week, 2024

This proclamation designates May 7, 2024 as National Teacher Appreciation Day and May 6-10, 2024 as National Teacher Appreciation Week. It calls on Americans to recognize teachers through activities and events, while recounting administration education policies including American Rescue Plan funding, bipartisan gun safety law, student debt cancellation, and budget proposals for teacher pay and support.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 41293

Impact dates

  1. National Teacher Appreciation Day

  2. National Teacher Appreciation Week begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim May 7, 2024 as National Teacher Appreciation Day
  • Proclaim May 6-10, 2024 as National Teacher Appreciation Week
  • Call upon all Americans to recognize teachers and observe through appropriate activities, events, and programs

Timeline

Immediate

  • National Teacher Appreciation Day designated May 7, 2024
  • National Teacher Appreciation Week designated May 6-10, 2024

Near term (90d)

  • Proclaimed observance period occurs May 6-10, 2024

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document contains extensive policy advocacy and past achievements that blur ceremonial/political boundary, though operative text is purely commemorative
  • References to pending congressional action and budget proposals are aspirational, not binding directives
Proclamation 10750: National Teacher Appreciation Day and National Teacher Appreciation Week, 2024 · Executive Orders