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

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 639 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 639 Establishing an annual Senate academic civics competition for secondary school students. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11, 2026 Mr. Kim submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Establishing an annual Senate academic civics competition for secondary school students. Resolved, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Senate finds the following: (1) According to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress civics and United States history assessments, the average civics score for students in grade 8 was 2 points lower compared to the average civics score in 2018, the first time the civics score dropped since the assessment was first administered in 1998. (2) According to the 2023 Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey, a nationally represented survey, 1 in 6 adults in the United States could not name any of …