# 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: foreign_influence. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: parental_rights. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: transparency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: unclear. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 314: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a disclosure and parental-notice measure. It supports parental information rights and transparency about foreign funding in schools, which are legitimate goods. It does not directly prohibit foreign influence or restrain a clearly named moral evil, and its effects depend on prudential judgments about administrative burden and the scale of the concern.
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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 314: On Passage. Yea 247 · Nay 166 · Other 20.

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