Designates the week of January 26–February 1, 2025 as National Catholic Schools Week and expresses the Senate’s support and appreciation for Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the United States. It praises their academic outcomes, moral and character formation, community service, and applauds the chosen theme “Catholic Schools: United in Faith and Community.”
Catholic schools in the United States are internationally acclaimed for their academic excellence and provide approximately 1,700,000 students with more than an exceptional scholastic education.
Catholic schools provide a broad, values-added education that emphasizes lifelong development of moral, intellectual, physical, and social values.
Catholic schools serve the United States by educating a diverse student population from all regions and socioeconomic backgrounds and provide a strong academic and moral foundation; according to the 2023–2024 NCEA survey, 29.4 percent of students are from racial minority backgrounds, 18.8 percent are of Hispanic heritage, and 20.8 percent are from non-Catholic families.
Catholic schools are an affordable option for parents, particularly in underserved urban areas.
Catholic schools produce students who are strongly dedicated to their faith, values, families, and communities by providing an intellectually stimulating environment that promotes spiritual, character, and moral development.
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Supporting the contributions of Catholic schools in the United States and celebrating the 51st annual "National Catholic Schools Week".
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Supporting the contributions of Catholic schools in the United States and celebrating the 52nd annual National Catholic Schools Week.
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Introduced on January 29, 2025 by Eric Stephen Schmitt
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.