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119-sres-639119th CongressWALLET

A resolution establishing an annual Senate academic civics competition for secondary school students.

Sponsored By: Senator Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

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Summary

This bill would create an annual Senate civics competition for secondary school students to boost civic knowledge and engagement.

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It frames the effort around falling civics knowledge, worries about misinformation, and the upcoming U.S. 250th anniversary as an opportunity to renew democratic participation.

  • Students: Secondary school students would be eligible to enter an academic civics contest under the definition of "secondary school" in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
  • Schools and teachers: Schools gain a structured civic-learning event to use as a classroom or extracurricular activity that aims to increase student civic knowledge and engagement.
  • Senate Rules Committee: The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration would establish, run, and issue regulations for the competition.
  • Partners and donors: The Committee may partner with public or nonprofit groups, for example iCivics or the National Constitution Center, and accept private donations to help cover costs.

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Annual Senate civics contest for students

If adopted, this resolution would direct the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to set up a yearly civics competition for secondary school students. "Secondary school" would have the meaning given in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Committee would be allowed to accept private donations and to work with public or nonprofit groups (for example, iCivics and the National Constitution Center) to design judging rubrics and support the contest. The Committee would have to write regulations needed to run the competition. The text in this section does not itself authorize a specific federal appropriation.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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