IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 382 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Charter Schools Week, to be 
held May 3 through May 9, 2009. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2009 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 
EHLERS, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. CAO, Mr. 
CHAFFETZ, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. COFFMAN 
of Colorado, Ms. FOXX, Mr. OLSON, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
KIND, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PAT-
RICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. PERRIELLO) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Charter Schools 
Week, to be held May 3 through May 9, 2009. 
Whereas charter schools deliver high-quality education and 
challenge our students to reach their potential; 
Whereas charter schools provide thousands of families with 
diverse and innovative educational options for their chil-
dren; 
Whereas charter schools are public schools authorized by a 
designated public entity that are responding to the needs 
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of our communities, families, and students and promoting 
the principles of quality, choice, and innovation; 
Whereas in exchange for the flexibility and autonomy given 
to charter schools, they are held accountable by their 
sponsors for improving student achievement and for their 
financial and other operations; 
Whereas 40 States, the District of Columbia, and Guam have 
passed laws authorizing charter schools; 
Whereas approximately 4,700 charter schools are now serving 
approximately 1,400,000 children; 
Whereas over the last 15 years, Congress has provided sub-
stantial support to the charter school movement through 
startup financing assistance and grants for planning, im-
plementation, and dissemination; 
Whereas over 365,000 children are on charter school waiting 
lists nationally; 
Whereas charter schools improve their students’ achievement 
and can stimulate improvement in traditional public 
schools; 
Whereas charter schools must meet the student achievement 
accountability requirements under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the same manner as 
traditional public schools, and often set higher and addi-
tional individual goals to ensure that they are of high 
quality and truly accountable to the public; 
Whereas charter schools must continually demonstrate their 
ongoing success to parents, policymakers, and their com-
munities, some charter schools routinely measure paren-
tal satisfaction levels, and all give parents new freedom 
to choose their public school; 
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Whereas charter schools nationwide serve a higher percentage 
of low-income and minority students than the traditional 
public system; 
Whereas charter schools have enjoyed broad bipartisan sup-
port from the Administration, Congress, State Governors 
and legislatures, educators, and parents across the 
United States; and 
Whereas the 10th annual National Charter Schools Week, to 
be held May 3 through May 9, 2009, is an event spon-
sored by charter schools and grassroots charter school or-
ganizations across the United States to recognize the sig-
nificant impacts, achievements, and innovations of char-
ter schools: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of the 10th 
annual National Charter Schools Week; 
(2) acknowledges and commends charter schools 
and their students, parents, teachers, and adminis-
trators across the United States for their ongoing 
contributions to education and improving and 
strengthening our public school system; and 
(3) calls on the people of the United States to 
conduct appropriate programs, ceremonies, and ac-
tivities to demonstrate support for charter schools 
during this weeklong celebration in communities 
throughout the United States. 
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