HR 1049
Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Aaron Bean [R-FL-4]
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Policy area
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-02-06
- 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.
- 2025-12-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-04: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 166 (Roll no. 314). (text: CR 12/3/2025 H5008)
- 2025-12-04: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 166 (Roll no. 314). (text: CR 12/3/2025 H5008)
- 2025-12-04: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5036-5037)