Policy
PA Civics leads the Civic Education Working Group, welcoming key stakeholders like the Department of Education, General Assembly, Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), PA Principals Association, and PA Council for the Social Studies to help inform the commonwealth’s civic education policy.
PA Civics is leading the effort to offer recommendations to support Act 35 of 2018 implementation and seek areas of improvement that have broad, bipartisan consensus. We also consider any other proposals to advance and promote civics education in PA schools.
Testimony to the House Majority Policy Committee, September 8, 2025
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Jim Gerlach and Joe Hoeffel
The co-chairs of PA Civics offered four themes that would set Pennsylvania on the path to become the national leader in civics.
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Lauren Cristella
The President & CEO of the Committee of Seventy testified that there is broad bipartisan consensus for improving civics.
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Shannon Salter
As a teacher, Shannon offered valuable recommendations, including updating state standards and implementing. civic seals