Legislative Labs Classroom
Bring the Statehouse to the Schoolhouse.
Turn real legislation into an interactive civic learning experience. Students explore actual bills, discuss the issues, debate different perspectives, cast live votes, and compare their decisions with what happened in the real legislature.
Built for teachers, schools, districts, curriculum leaders, social studies coordinators, and education administrators.
Built for Meaningful Civic Learning
From learning about democracy to participating in it.
Effective civic education goes beyond memorizing institutions and vocabulary. Legislative Labs helps students explore real government decisions, discuss current issues, and participate in simulations of democratic processes.
Instruction in Government, History, Law and Democracy
Make government real.
Bring actual legislation and legislative processes into the classroom so students can connect civics instruction with real decisions being made in government.
Discussion of Current Local, National and International Issues
Give students something real to discuss.
Use current legislation to create meaningful classroom conversations about issues affecting students, communities, and society.
Simulations of Democratic Processes and Procedures
Don't just teach democracy. Practice it.
Students research, discuss, debate, and vote on real legislation through an interactive simulation of the legislative process.
Aligned with three of the Six Proven Practices for Civic Education from Civic Action Project (CAP). View the proven practices framework.
Turn passive civics lessons into active participation.
Make government real
Students interact with actual legislation instead of learning about government only through textbooks and worksheets.
Give every student a voice
Live voting, structured discussion, and debate give students a meaningful role in the classroom experience.
Build civic literacy
Students see how bills, lawmakers, public policy, debate, and democratic decision-making connect.
Create memorable lessons
Transform abstract civic concepts into experiences students can discuss, vote on, and remember.
Simulations of Democratic Processes
Turn your classroom into the chamber.
Launch a live legislative session and give every student a seat at the table. Students consider the issue, debate different perspectives, cast their votes, and watch chamber results unfold in real time.
- Live student voting
- Real-time chamber results
- Fullscreen classroom display
- Individual student participation
- Debate before the vote
- Compare classroom results with actual legislative outcomes
Current Events & Public Policy
Teach civics through the issues happening right now.
Bring real state legislation into the classroom and give students the context they need to understand, discuss, and debate questions facing lawmakers and communities.
- Real legislation from the statehouse
- Issues connected to students and their communities
- Plain-language legislative context
- Different perspectives for classroom discussion
- Actual legislative outcomes for post-vote reflection
Spend less time preparing. Spend more time teaching.
Give teachers tools to quickly run meaningful civic lessons around real legislation, while keeping the teacher in control of class pacing and participation.
- Built-in lesson plan support
- Teacher-controlled classroom sessions
- Live chamber board mode for projector use
- Session vote history with export options
- Student participation tools for debate and voting
- Legislative intelligence context for deeper research
From real bill to classroom debate in minutes.
1
Choose a bill
Select real legislation connected to your lesson, curriculum focus, or student interests.
2
Start the conversation
Give students context, invite multiple perspectives, and facilitate structured discussion.
3
Call the vote
Students vote live, review results, and compare class decisions with legislative outcomes.
What would democracy look like if every student had a seat in the chamber?
See how Legislative Labs can turn real legislation into an unforgettable civic learning experience.
Built for one classroom. Ready for an entire district.
Whether you are an individual teacher or a district leader scaling innovative civic education across multiple schools, Legislative Labs can support your implementation.
- Teacher onboarding
- School and district licensing options
- Training and implementation support
- Access to Legislative Labs legislative intelligence tools
- Flexible deployment for classrooms, schools, and districts
Bring the Statehouse to the Schoolhouse
Create the room where it happens.
Give students the opportunity to explore real issues, debate different perspectives, cast their votes, and experience democracy in action.
Don’t just teach democracy. Let students practice it.