In addition to Florida, North Carolina, and Texas, civics centers now also exist at public universities in Tennessee, Arizona, Ohio, and — soon — Iowa. In 2021, the Senate introduced a bipartisan bill, the Civics Secures Democracy Act, that would have provided funding to civics education in middle and high schools. For years, the National Association of Scholars has openly campaigned for civic centers through the Civics Alliance. In September, the Department of Education also announced an initiative led by the America First Policy Institute called the America 250 Civics Education Coalition. So the fig leaf is that civic education means that you can narrow the lens of your collective education.