1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Educating for Democracy Act of 2020 . 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to support local educational agencies, elementary schools, and secondary schools in selecting and making available to all students innovative, engaging curricula and programs in American civics and history that prepare them to understand American Government and engage in American democratic practices as citizens and residents of the United States; (2) to provide resources to institutions of higher education for the purposes of offering effective professional development opportunities to enable and encourage teachers to deliver instruction that engages students in learning American civics and history; (3) to provide resources to nonprofit organizations that have developed, or are developing, programs in civic education that incorporate practices that are proven to be effective in engaging students, and to assist in making such curricula and programs more widely available to schools and students, particularly in rural and inner-city urban areas that have traditionally been underserved by civic learning programs; (4) to provide resources to continue and expand research into practices, methods, and approaches that are effective in instructing elementary and secondary school students in American civics and history