HR 1005
Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
Summary
Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, from accepting funds from or entering into a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Chinese government or the CCP. The bill also requires schools to disclose funding from or contracts with a foreign source to the Department of Education.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. David P. Joyce [R-OH-14]
- Cosponsors
- 5
- Policy area
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-02-05
- Latest action
- 2025-12-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-12-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-12-03: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-03: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-03: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 312). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5005-5006)
- 2025-12-03: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 312). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5005-5006)