State Name Summary/Title Weblink Analysis Sponsors and Co-Sponsors Committee Progression United States-- House Bill 300 Inspire to Serve Act https://legiscan.com/US/drafts/HB3000/2021 Authorizes and funds expanded Federal support for service- Representative Jimmy Panetta [D] Education and Referred to the Committee on Federal learning and action civics. Representative Don Bacon [R] Labor, et al. Education and Labor, and in Representative Chrissy Houlahan [D] addition to the Committees on Representative Michael Waltz [R] Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Representative Seth Moulton [D] Agriculture, Natural Resources, Representative Salud Carbajal [D] Ways and Means, Oversight and Representative Jason Crow [D] Reform, Veterans' Affairs, Representative Dean Phillips [D] Homeland Security, Intelligence Representative Kaialii Kahele [D] (Permanent Select), House Administration, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. United States-- House Bill 397 Condemns Critical Race Theory as a prejudicial ideological tool, https://legiscan.com/US/bill/HR397/2021 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that 32 Co-sponsors [R] Education and Referred to the House Federal rather than an educational tool, which should not be taught in K-12 Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, Labor Committee on Education and classrooms. rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in https://legiscan.com/US/sponsors/HR397/2021 Labor. [Duplicatrs Senate Resolution 246] K-12 classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin. United States-- House Bill 400 Civics Learning Act of 2021. https://legiscan.com/US/text/HB400/2021 Authorizes Federal support for and gives grant preference to Representative Alcee Hastings [D] Education and Referred to the House Federal action civics--"hands-on civic engagement activities," "before- Labor Committee on Education and school, during-school, after-school, and extracurricular 50 co-sponsors [D]: Labor. activities," "activities that include service learning and https://legiscan.com/US/sponsors/HB400/2021 community service projects that are linked to school curriculum," United States-- House Bill 1241 Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2021. https://legiscan.com/US/text/HB1241/2021 Authorizes "community partners," "family and community Representative Mondaire Jones [D] Education and Referred to the House Federal engagement," and "real-world learning and community Representative David Trone [D] Labor Committee on Education and problem-solving." Labor. United States-- House Bill 1814 To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support https://legiscan.com/US/drafts/HB1814/202 The Civics Secures Democracy Act. Authorizes and funds Representative Rosa DeLauro [D] Education and Referred to the House Federal educational programs in civics and history, and for other purposes. 1 action civics. No bill text available yet. Representative Tom Cole [R] Labor Committee on Education and [Duplicates Senate Bill 879.] Labor. 17 co-sponsors [D]: https://legiscan.com/US/sponsors/HB1814/2021 United States-- House Billl 3137 To amend title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations https://legiscan.com/US/bill/HB3137/2021 Prohibits the expenditure of funds on the priorities noticed in Representative David Cawthorn [R] Education and Referred to the House Federal Act, 2021 to prohibit the expenditure of funds on the priorities the proposed rule submitted by the Department of Education Representative Virginia Foxx [R] Labor Committee on Education and noticed in the proposed rule submitted by the Department of relating to Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Representative Patrick McHenry [R] Labor. Education relating to Proposed Priorities-American History and Education, and for other purposes. Representative Dan Bishop [R] Civics Education, and for other purposes. Representative Glenn Grothman [R] United States-- House Bill 3157 To amend section 8526A of the Elementary and Secondary https://legiscan.com/US/bill/HB3157/2021 Prohibits Federal mandates, direction, or control with Representative Greg Murphy [R] Education and Referred to the House Federal Education Act of 1965 to prohibit Federal mandates, direction, or respect to American history and civics education, and for Representative Virginia Foxx [R] Labor Committee on Education and control with respect to American history and civics education, and other purposes. Representative David Cawthorn [R] Labor. for other purposes. Representative Rick Allen [R] Representative Glenn Grothman [R] United States-- House Bill 3383 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to https://legiscan.com/US/bill/HB3383/2021 No text introduced yet. https://legiscan.com/US/sponsors/HB3383/2021 Education and Referred to the House Federal increase civics education programs, and for other purposes. Labor Committee on Education and Labor. United States-- House Bill 3408 To clarify that the scope of the National Endowment for the https://legiscan.com/US/bill/HB3408/2021 No text introduced yet. Representative Daniel Kildee [D] Education and Referred to the House Federal Humanities includes the study of civics and government. Representative Ashley Hinson [R] Labor Committee on Education and Representative French Hill [R] Labor. Representative Pramila Jayapal [D] Representative Eleanor Norton [D] Representative Mark Pocan [D] United States-- Senate Bill 879 A bill authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support https://legiscan.com/US/drafts/SB879/2021 The Civics Secures Democracy Act. Authorizes and funds Senator Christopher Coons [D] Health, Education, Read twice and referred to the Federal educational programs in civics and history, and for other purposes. action civics. No bill text available yet. Senator John Cornyn [R] Labor, and Pensions Committee on Health, [Duplicates House Bill 1814.] Education, Labor, and Pensions. United States-- Senate Bill 2244 PREP Act of 2021 Preparing and Retaining Education Professionals https://legiscan.com/US/text/SB2244/2021 Authorizes funding for education including "civics and Senator Tim Kaine [D] Health, Education, 2021-06-24 - Read twice and Federal Act of 2021 government," with partners including "A public or private Senator Susan Collins [R] Labor, and Pensions referred to the Committee on nonprofit educational organization." Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. United States-- Senate Resolution A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Critical Race https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SR246/2021 Expresses the sense of the Senate that Critical Race Theory Senator Rick Scott [R] Health, Education, Referred to the Committee on Federal 246 Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an Senator Mike Braun [R] Labor, and Pensions Health, Education, Labor, and educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms as a educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 Senator Marsha Blackburn [R] Pensions. way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals ethnicity, or national origin. based on sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin. [Duplicatrs House Bill 397] Alaska Senate Bill 72 An Act relating to civics education, civics examinations, and https://legiscan.com/AK/text/SB72/2021 Delegates to the Board the creation of a new civics Senator Gary Stevens [R] Community & Referred to Finance secondary school graduation requirements; and providing for an curriculum and assessment. Does not forbid action civics. Senator Tom Begich [D] Regional Affairs effective date. Senator Shelley Hughes [R] Senator Peter Micciche [R] Arizona Senate Bill 1704 Civics education; professional development; appropriation. https://legiscan.com/AZ/text/SB1704/2021 State Board of Education shall create civics standards Senator Juan Mendez [D] Senate Senate read second time including "civic service"; creates "American Civics Education Representative Lela Alston [D] Grant Program" for teacher development. Does not forbid Senator Lupe Contreras [D] action civics. Representative Sally Gonzales [D] Senator Tony Navarrete [D] Senator Martin Quezada [D] Representative Rebecca Rios [D] Senator Victoria Steele [D] Representative Melody Hernandez [D] Representative Athena Salman [D] Arizona Senate Bill 1770 Schools; graduation requirements; adjustment. https://legiscan.com/AZ/text/SB1770/2021 Creates exceptions for most high school graduation Representative Sally Gonzales [D] Education Senate read second time requirements, but preserves the civics literacy assessment. Representative Lela Alston [D] Accountability and Senator Lupe Contreras [D] Reform Committee Senator Juan Mendez [D] Senator Jamescita Peshlakai [D] Senator Martin Quezada [D] Senator Victoria Steele [D] Representative Andres Cano [D] Arkansas House Bill 1231 To Prohibit The Use Of Public School Funds To Teach The 1619 https://legiscan.com/AR/text/HB1231/2021 Prohibits the use of the 1619 Project Curriculum in the Representative Mark Lowery [R] N.A. Withdrawn Project Curriculum; And To Reduce Funds Distributed To Public classroom and strips schools of money used to teach it. Senator Gary Stubblefield [R] Schools That Teach The 1619 Project Curriculum.