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Proc 9982ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 9982

National School Choice Week, 2020

This proclamation designates January 26–February 1, 2020, as National School Choice Week. It expresses support for various school choice programs and renews calls for Congress to pass a federal tax credit for state-based educational choice programs and to expand the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, but contains no binding policy directives or executive actions.

Federal Register Open PDF 85 FR 5297

Impact dates

  1. National School Choice Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • National School Choice Week designation for January 26–February 1, 2020

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation 'renews call' on Congress but this is hortatory, not a directive with enforcement; no binding policy change enacted
  • Language criticizing existing public education system may polarize reception
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