# 119-hres-961: Recognizing the schools selected as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2025 and celebrating the history of the Blue Ribbon Schools Program.

119-hres-961, Recognizing the schools selected as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2025 and celebrating the history of the Blue Ribbon Schools Program., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-961
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recognizing the schools selected as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2025 and celebrating the history of the Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Recognize the 2025 National Blue Ribbon Schools.** This resolution would celebrate the schools named as 2025 Blue Ribbon Schools and highlight the Blue Ribbon Program's role in sharing effective teaching practices. It also calls on the Secretary of Education to reinstate the program after the Department discontinued it in 2025. - Educators and school leaders: Commends teachers, principals, and communities for work that led to national recognition and validates their approaches to improving student outcomes. - Students and families: Re-centers a national spotlight on practices that close achievement gaps, a focus underscored by 2024 NAEP reading and math scores for high school seniors falling to their lowest levels in two decades. - States and local communities: Encourages continued state and local recognition of exemplary schools and notes that Illinois had 28 schools designated as 2025 Blue Ribbon Schools.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hres-961 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/961)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-961 (as of 2026-04-21).