This resolution designates May 10-16, 2026 as National Charter Schools Week to celebrate and recognize public charter schools across the United States. The resolution highlights that charter schools are tuition-free public schools that serve approximately 3.7 million students as of the 2021-2022 school year, with enrollment having grown over five-fold since 2002. According to the resolution, charter schools operate with greater flexibility and autonomy than traditional public schools while remaining accountable to their authorizers and subject to the same student achievement requirements, and research cited suggests students from low-income backgrounds in charter schools gain academic advantages compared to peers in traditional public schools. The resolution congratulates charter school students, families, teachers, and staff for contributing to public education and helping close academic achievement gaps, particularly in disadvantaged rural and urban communities. The measure calls on Americans to hold programs and activities during the designated week to show support for public charter schools, though it carries no budget or binding legislative effect as it is a commemorative resolution.
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