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H.R. 1049 (119th): Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act

Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act This bill requires each local educational agency (LEA), as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA notifies parents of their rights to request and receive information regarding foreign influence (e.g., influence by China) in schools. These rights include the right to review (and make copies of at no cost) any curricular or professional development material used at the school that was obtained using funds received from a foreign government or a foreign entity of concern; know, by written response, how many school personnel are compensated using funds received from a foreign government or a foreign entity of concern; and know, by written response, information about funding from or agreements (e.g., contracts) with a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern. Parents must submit a written request for this information. Each school must post on a publicly accessible website (or otherwise widely disseminate to the public) a summary notice of parental rights under the bill. The bill requires the Department of Education to notify state educational agencies (SEAs) about the bill's requirements. Each SEA must, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, notify LEAs about the bill's requirements.

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The bill conditions receipt of federal elementary and secondary education funds on local educational agencies ensuring that schools notify parents of their right to request information about foreign influence in schools, including curricula or professional development materials funded by foreign governments or entities of concern, the number of school personnel compensated with such funds, and information about foreign funding or agreements. Parents must submit written requests. Schools must post or widely disseminate a summary notice of these rights, and the Department of Education must notify state educational agencies, which must in turn notify local agencies.

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Theological note: The measure bears on parental authority over children's education and on the value of truthful disclosure about who funds and shapes what children are taught. Parental access to information supports family responsibility, while a transparency-only approach raises prudential questions about proportionality and burden. It does not itself prohibit any foreign arrangement or directly advance or restrain a clearly named moral evil.

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Roll 314 · 4-Dec-2025 10:34 AM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 247 · Nay 166 · Other 20

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