Student Invitation to the United States Senate Youth Program

The state of Iowa has accepted an invitation to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), sponsored by the William Randolph Heart Foundation. The program is designed to give young Americans a working knowledge of American political life.

Each year two Iowa students have the opportunity to spend a week in Washington, D.C. The William Randolph Heart Foundation pays all expenses. In addition, the two Iowa high school representatives each receive a $5,000 scholarship.

Selection of the two Iowa high school representatives is based on the outstanding ability and demonstrated leadership qualities of elected junior and senior high school student officers for the 2013-14 school year.

Each high school may nominate up to three students. Student application materials are available on the Iowa Department of Education website at http://www.educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=939&catid=671&Itemid=1225#application.

Click here for student application materials. Please submit the completed applications to Terri Barnes, Heartland AEA USSYP contact, at the Johnston AEA Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa by 4:00 p.m. on October 4, 2013. Nominees will take a qualifying examination on October 21, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room 18 at the Johnston AEA REC on the U.S. Constitution and government. The award recipients will be announced in December.

Contact your AEA USSYP contact, Terri Barnes (tbarnes@heartlandaea.org) or Stephanie Rosenberg Wager (stefanie.rosenbergwager@iowa.gov) at the Iowa Department of Education for information.