Welcome to the ECS National Center for Learning and Citizenship's (NCLC) State Policies for Citizenship Education Database.

The NCLC has developed this database of state policies to support citizenship education for K-12 students. From this database, you can generate profiles of the state policies for citizenship education in individual states, create comparisons of specific types of citizenship education state policies across several states and view reports on state policies for citizenship education.
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Citizenship Education Inclusion in Assessment and Accountability Systems High School Graduation Requirements - Citizenship Civics or Citizenship Education Standards and Curriculum Frameworks Civics, Citizenship or Social Studies Addressed in Statute or Administrative Code Recent or Pending Civics, Citizenship Education or Social Studies Policy Changes

The collection and analysis of this database is supported by CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.