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Proc 9600ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 9600

National Charter Schools Week, 2017

This proclamation designates April 30 through May 6, 2017, as National Charter Schools Week, celebrating charter schools as a school choice option and calling on states and communities to support them. It includes policy advocacy for increased federal funding for charter schools and school choice programs, referencing the Trump administration's education priorities under Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 20805

Impact dates

  1. National Charter Schools Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • National Charter Schools Week designation for April 30-May 6, 2017

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation frames charter schools as superior to 'failing' traditional public schools, which may exacerbate tensions with public education advocates; 'zip code' rhetoric implies geographic school assignment is inherently problematic; reference to Stanford CREDO study is selective—omitting mixed or negative findings for non-urban charter schools
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