diff --git a/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.test.ts b/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2094c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { createNewFrameworkDraft } from './frameworkStore'
+
+describe('createNewFrameworkDraft', () => {
+  it('leaves frameworkType undefined when not provided', () => {
+    const fw = createNewFrameworkDraft({ title: 'My framework' })
+    const frameworkNode = fw.graph?.nodes.find((n) => n.type === 'caseFrameworkNode') as
+      | { data: { cfDocument: { frameworkType?: string } } }
+      | undefined
+
+    expect(fw.framework.metadata?.frameworkType).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(fw.cfDocument.frameworkType).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(frameworkNode?.data.cfDocument.frameworkType).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('preserves an explicit frameworkType when provided', () => {
+    const fw = createNewFrameworkDraft({ title: 'My framework', frameworkType: 'Higher Ed' })
+    const frameworkNode = fw.graph?.nodes.find((n) => n.type === 'caseFrameworkNode') as
+      | { data: { cfDocument: { frameworkType?: string } } }
+      | undefined
+
+    expect(fw.framework.metadata?.frameworkType).toBe('Higher Ed')
+    expect(fw.cfDocument.frameworkType).toBe('Higher Ed')
+    expect(frameworkNode?.data.cfDocument.frameworkType).toBe('Higher Ed')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.ts b/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.ts
index 5885c26..7a16e0f 100644
--- a/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/src/ui/home/frameworkStore.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export function createNewFrameworkDraft(params: CreateFrameworkDraft): HomeFrame
   const framework = createFrameworkFromMetadata({
     id,
     title,
-    frameworkType: params.frameworkType ?? 'K-12',
+    frameworkType: params.frameworkType,
     adoptionStatus: params.adoptionStatus ?? 'Draft',
     description: params.description ?? '',
     creator: 'District Curriculum Team',
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export function createNewFrameworkDraft(params: CreateFrameworkDraft): HomeFrame
   const graph = createEmptyFrameworkGraph({
     id,
     title,
-    frameworkType: params.frameworkType ?? 'K-12',
+    frameworkType: params.frameworkType,
     adoptionStatus: params.adoptionStatus ?? 'Draft',
     description: params.description ?? '',
     creator: 'District Curriculum Team',