High school students can win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D. C., June 14-21, 2026, through Central Texas Electric Cooperative. Apply now!
The Government-in-Action Youth Tour is a youth leadership program sponsored by Central Texas Electric Coop and organized by Texas Electric Cooperatives and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. For more than 50 years, electric cooperatives across the state and nation have been sending young adults to the nation’s capital for an action-packed tour.
Highlights of the trip include meeting congressional leaders, visiting national monuments and historic sites, touring Smithsonian Institution museums, going on a boat cruise on the Potomac River, seeing a show at the Kennedy Center and rallying with fellow students for a day of inspirational leadership speakers.
To win what has been called the trip of a lifetime, apply now for the Central Texas Electric Co-op contest. To apply, submit an entry form by the deadline. Finalists will be selected for the next phase of interviews to select the winners.
Eligible entrants must:
• Be in 10th, 11th or 12th grade
• Be a dependent of a Central Texas Electric Co-op member Applications must arrive at Central Texas Electric Co-op by January 30, 2026.