Overview

• The America 250 Civics Education Coalition brings together more than 40 largely conservative groups, including Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, the Heritage Foundation, PragerU, and the America First Policy Institute.
• The department says the coalition will roll out programming over the next year such as a 50-state college speaker series, K–12 guides, student competitions, teacher summits, and a national tour.
• Separately, the Education Department proposed a supplemental grant priority for 'patriotic education,' now open for 30 days of public comment, to guide competitive funding toward civics and history initiatives.
• The Federal Register notice lists focus areas including deeper study of founding documents, the influence of Western civilization, the role of faith, and examination of the nation’s progress toward its principles.
• Officials and reporting note the coalition’s programming is not funded by federal dollars and is not a federal curriculum, while civic-education groups warn the effort is ideologically one-sided and may raise legal questions under GEPA; supporters also frame the launch as honoring the late Charlie Kirk.