Congressional App Challenge 2020

Today, the Congressional App Challenge 2020 was launched. The app challenge is a project of the U.S. House of Representatives. Registration is now open for students, and more detailed rules and guidelines can be found on their website.

The Congressional App Challenge (CAC), the official student coding competition of the U.S. House of Representatives, is an initiative encouraging American students to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science through a series of district-specific competitions.

Over 250 Members of Congress have already signed on to host App Challenges in their districts, with many more expected in the coming weeks. This remarkably bipartisan initiative is co-chaired by Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Rep. French Hill (AR-02). 

Congressional App Challenge 2020

Two years ago, Dodge Suprun, of Dallas ISD’s Townview‘s SEM campus won first place in the competition with an app named EZ Voter.

His project took a user’s zip code and would connect the user to their Member of Congress so they could contact the Member of Congress on pre-chosen political topics.

Every year we challenge students in our districts to create and submit their original apps for a chance to win the Congressional App Challenge (CAC). Each challenge is district-specific. As U.S. Representatives we publicly recognize our winning teams and each winning app may be put on display in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year. Additional prizes may be available. The Congressional Internet Caucus initiates the annual CAC. We have appointed the non-profit Internet Education Foundation to provide the CAC with supplemental staffing and support.