Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 89, No. 229 

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10862 of November 19, 2024 

National Child’s Day, 2024 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

This generation’s young people are some of the most gifted, educated, and 

talented our Nation has ever known. They are the kite strings that keep 

our national ambitions aloft. On National Child’s Day, we recommit to 

building a future worthy of their highest aspirations. 

So many of our Nation’s children begin building their futures at our public 

schools—that is why I am proud that my Administration secured a historic 

$130 billion in funding for our Nation’s K–12 schools through my American 

Rescue Plan. That law put more teachers in classrooms and more counselors, 

social workers, and other support staff in our schools. It also invested 

in high-quality tutoring and made historic expansions in summer and afterschool programs. My Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is expanding access to 

high-speed internet so students can access it regardless of their zip code. 

And my Administration has worked to advance a pathway to provide free, 

healthy school meals for all children as a part of our national strategy 

to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases in America by 2030. 

My Administration has also worked hard to give families some well-deserved 

breathing room so that they can care for their children without worrying 

about how they are going to pay the bills. My American Rescue Plan expanded the Child Tax Credit, which helped reduce child poverty by nearly 

half across the Nation. That law also made our Nation’s biggest investment 

in child care ever, helping hundreds of thousands of child care providers 

keep their doors open and continue providing care. I signed the Inflation 

Reduction Act, saving millions of families $800 per year on their health 

insurance premiums. My Administration also raised pay for early childhood 

educators across the country participating in the Head Start program. And 

my Administration modernized the Thrifty Food Plan for the first time 

in nearly five decades so that millions more families receiving Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program benefits can afford nutritious foods. 

Securing the health and safety of children has always been a priority for 

my Administration. I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly 

30 years, working towards a future where no student or child has to live 

in fear of gun violence. That law also made the largest investment in youth 

mental health ever to help schools across the country train and hire new 

mental health counselors. At the same time, we made it easier for schools 

to leverage Medicaid to deliver health care. And we are working to support 

LGBTQI+ children and families by protecting their access to health care 

and preventing harmful practices, including the use of so-called conversion 

therapy. 

My Administration has also been dedicated to addressing the existential 

threat of climate change—a critical task to secure our children’s futures. 

My Inflation Reduction Act made the most significant investment in climate 

ever, which includes funding to get communities cleaner air and drinking 

water, and protect them from the harmful effects of pollution. My Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law is working to replace every lead pipe in America, so 

that every family can turn on the faucet and drink clean, safe water. And 

my Administration has conserved more than 45 million acres of our Nation’s 


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lands and waters in an effort to ensure they can be enjoyed for generations 

to come. 

On National Child’s Day, we recommit to ensuring that every child in 

America has the opportunity to pursue the limits of their talents and ambitions, and we uplift them as the leaders and doers of the future. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 20, 2024, 

as National Child’s Day. I call upon all government officials, educators, 

volunteers, and all the people of the United States of America to observe 

this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day 

of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28062 

Filed 11–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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