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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 699 

Congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and leaders of charter schools 

across the United States for making ongoing contributions to education 

and supporting the ideals and goals of the 25th Annual National Charter 

Schools Week, to be held May 12 through May 18, 2024. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2024 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 

JOHNSON, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. 

HICKENLOOPER, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. HASSAN, 

Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BRAUN, and Mrs. 

BLACKBURN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and leaders 

of charter schools across the United States for making 

ongoing contributions to education and supporting the 

ideals and goals of the 25th Annual National Charter 

Schools Week, to be held May 12 through May 18, 

2024. 

Whereas charter schools are public schools that do not charge 

tuition and enroll any student who wants to attend, often 

through a random lottery when the demand for enrollment is outmatched by the supply of available charter 

school seats; 


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Whereas high-performing public charter schools deliver a 

high-quality public education and challenge all students 

to reach their potential for academic success; 

Whereas high-quality public charter schools promote innovation and excellence in public education; 

Whereas public charter schools throughout the United States 

provide millions of families with diverse and innovative 

educational options for the children of those families; 

Whereas high-performing public charter schools and charter 

management organizations are increasing student 

achievement and attendance rates at institutions of higher education; 

Whereas public charter schools are authorized by a designated entity and— 

(1) respond to the needs of communities, families, 

and students in the United States; and 

(2) promote the principles of quality, accountability, 

choice, high-performance, and innovation; 

Whereas, in exchange for flexibility and autonomy, public 

charter schools are held accountable by the authorizers of 

the public charter schools for improving student achievement and for sound financial and operational management; 

Whereas public charter schools are required to meet the student achievement accountability requirements under the 

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) in the same manner as traditional 

public schools; 

Whereas public charter schools often set high expectations for 

students to ensure that the public charter schools are of 

high quality and truly accountable to the public; 


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Whereas 45 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and 

Puerto Rico have public charter schools; 

Whereas, as of the 2021 to 2022 school year, approximately 

8,000 public charter schools served approximately 

3,700,000 children in the United States; 

Whereas enrollment in public charter schools grew from 

660,000 students in 2002, to 3,700,000 students in 

2021, a more than five-fold increase in 20 years; 

Whereas in the United States— 

(1) in 270 school districts, more than 10 percent of 

public school students are enrolled in public charter 

schools; and 

(2) in at least 26 school districts, at least 30 percent 

of public school students are enrolled in public charter 

schools; 

Whereas high-quality public charter schools improve the 

achievement of students enrolled in the charter schools 

and collaborate with traditional public schools to improve 

public education for all students; 

Whereas public charter schools— 

(1) give parents the freedom to choose public 

schools; 

(2) routinely measure parental satisfaction levels; 

and 

(3) must prove the ongoing success of the charter 

schools to parents, policymakers, and the communities 

served by the charter schools or risk closure; 

Whereas a 2023 report from the Center for Research on 

Education Outcomes at Stanford University found significant improvements for students from low-income 

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pared to peers in traditional public schools, each year, 

those students completed the equivalent of 16 more days 

of learning in reading and 6 more days of learning in 

math; and 

Whereas the 25th Annual National Charter Schools Week is 

scheduled to be celebrated the week of May 12 through 

May 18, 2024: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the students, families, teach3 ers, leaders, and staff of public charter schools 

4 across the United States for— 

5 (A) making ongoing contributions to public 

6 education; 

7 (B) making impressive strides in closing 

8 the academic achievement gap in schools in the 

9 United States, particularly in schools with some 

10 of the most disadvantaged students in both 

11 rural and urban communities; and 

12 (C) improving and strengthening the public 

13 school system throughout the United States; 

14 (2) supports the ideals and goals of the 25th 

15 Annual National Charter Schools Week, a week-long 

16 celebration to be held May 12 through May 18, 

17 2024, in communities throughout the United States; 

18 and 

19 (3) encourages the people of the United States 

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1 tivities during National Charter Schools Week to 

2 demonstrate support for high-quality public charter 

3 schools. 

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