3.0.0 879 2023-01-11T13:47:37Z 2023-01-11T13:47:37Z Senate S 2021-03-22 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-22T20:19:41Z Civics Secures Democracy Act of 2021 117 1814 HR 2021-03-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS USA Civics Act of 2021 117 3242 HR 2021-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Civics Secures Democracy Act 117 4384 S 2022-06-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS USA Civics Act of 2022 117 4403 S 2022-06-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2021-03-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2021-03-22 True Education Academic performance and assessments Civics education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Foreign language and bilingual programs Government trust funds Higher education Minority education Political movements and philosophies Research administration and funding Rural conditions and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Tax-exempt organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula U.S. history Urban and suburban affairs and development Women's education Education 00 2021-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-08T16:35:24Z Civics Secures Democracy Act

This bill provides resources to expand educational programs in American civics and history, including by establishing grant and fellowship programs and reauthorizing various programs.

First, the bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states, qualified nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education (IHEs), and qualified researchers to support and expand access to civics and history education.

Next, the bill establishes a fellowship program to diversify the civics and history education workforce.

In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and revises the American History for Freedom grant program. The bill renames the program as the American Civics Education Program.

The bill revises the grant program to authorize ED to award grants to IHEs once every three years to establish or strengthen academic programs to promote American political thought and history; the history, achievements, and impact of American representative democracy and constitutional democracies globally; and the means of participation in political and civic life. IHEs may use grants to support additional activities, such as collaborating with federal or state humanities programs and using open educational resources.

Further, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund and the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund.

Finally, the bill requires the National Assessment of Educational Progress in civics and history to be administered every two years to certain grade levels.

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