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Youth Tour
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YOUTH TOUR INFORMATION
The Government-in-Action Youth Tour is an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for qualifying high school students from rural areas served by electric cooperatives. Local electric cooperatives sponsor area students, and Texas Electric Cooperatives and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association organize the Youth Tour.
Inspired by Lyndon B. Johnson’s entreaty to educate youth about government and civic engagement, Texas electric cooperatives have been sponsoring high school students on a trip to the nation’s capital since 1965. Texas’ youths join hundreds of their peers from all over the United States for a nine-day tour, including meetings with legislators and tours of national monuments. Those returning call it the “trip of a lifetime.”
Three students were selected to represent Lyntegar Electric Cooperative on the 2025 Youth Tour trip. This trip is all-expenses paid.
2026 Youth Tour Dates: June 14-22, 2026
What you could win: If chosen, you would win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. and a $2,000 scholarship for college!
Deadlines, Dates, and Times
Applications open - November 21, 2025
Application Deadline - January 9, 2026; 11:59 pm
Virtual Interview Deadline - January 15, 2026; 5:00 pm
Read the rules and eligibility requirements on the next tab.