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Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families Act
To codify Executive Order 14191 relating to expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill converts Executive Order 14191 relating to expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families into federal law, giving it the force and effect of statute. The bill clarifies that the codification does not alter determinations about whether private, religious, or parochial schools receive federal financial assistance or whether such schools are considered state actors for legal purposes. By converting the executive order into law, the bill makes these provisions permanent federal statute rather than subject to executive authority.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to W. Gregory Steube’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHENEY BROTHERS $7,800
- NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT $6,600
- STEPHENS, INC. $6,600
- NEPTUNE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS $6,600
- COOLTODAY $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for W. Gregory Steube → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jul 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 17, 2025
Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To codify Executive Order 14191 relating to expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families Act”.
SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14191.
(a) In General.—Executive Order 14191 (90 Fed. Reg. 8859; relating to expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families) shall have the force and effect of law.
(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the determination of whether a private, religious, or parochial elementary or secondary school—
(1) is receiving Federal financial assistance for the purpose of determining whether such school is subject to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); or
(2) is or is not a state actor, including for purposes of determining liability under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. <all>
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