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Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act
To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill requires schools that receive federal funds to provide parents with the right to review and copy curricular and professional development materials purchased with funds from foreign governments or designated foreign entities of concern. Parents must also be able to request information about how many school personnel are compensated using foreign funds and details about any donations, agreements, or financial transactions between the school and foreign governments or entities of concern. Schools must respond to such requests within 30 days and must post a notice of parents' rights at the beginning of each school year. The bill defines "foreign entity of concern" according to existing federal research law.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ted Cruz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $4,424,745
- ENTREPRENEUR $458,096
- RDV CORPORATION $39,600
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $29,632
- BLACKSTONE $27,400
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ted Cruz → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2025
Mr. Cruz (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, 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 “Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act”.
SEC. 2. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
(a) In General.—Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 8549D. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
“(a) In General.—As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, a local educational agency shall ensure that each elementary school and each secondary school served by such agency provides to each parent of a child attending the school, at a minimum—
“(1) the right (in a manner consistent with copyright law) to review, and make copies of free of cost, at least every four weeks and not later than 30 days after submission of a written request by the parent, any curricular material or professional development material used at the school that was purchased, or otherwise obtained, using funds received from the government of a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern;
“(2) the right to know, by written response provided not later than 30 days after submission of a written request by the parent, how many personnel of the school are compensated, in whole or in part, using funds received from the government of a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern; and
“(3) the right to know, by written response provided not later than 30 days after submission of a written request by the parent, of—
“(A) any donation received by the school or local educational agency from a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern;
“(B) any agreement in writing (such as a contract or memorandum of understanding) between the school or local educational agency and a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern; and
“(C) any financial transaction between the school or local educational agency and a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern.
“(b) Donations, Agreements, and Financial Transactions.—The information described in subsection (a)(3) shall include, at minimum, the following:
“(1) The name of the foreign country or foreign entity of concern.
“(2) In any case in which funds were received by the school or local educational agency from a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern—
“(A) the amount of such funds; and
“(B) any terms or conditions applicable to the receipt of such funds.
“(c) Notice of Rights.—At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency receiving funds under this Act shall ensure that each elementary school and each secondary school served by such agency posts on a publicly accessible website of the school or, if the school does not operate a website, widely disseminates to the public, a summary notice of the rights of parents described in subsections (a) and (b).
“(d) Notification of Requirements.—At the beginning of each school year, the Secretary shall notify State educational agencies about the requirements of this section. As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, State educational agencies shall, at the beginning of each school year, notify local educational agencies of the requirements of this section.
“(e) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) The term ‘foreign country’ means a foreign country or a dependent territory or possession of a foreign country. Such term does not include any of the outlying areas.
“(2) The term ‘foreign entity of concern’ has the meaning given such term in section 10612(a) of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19221(a)).”.
(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8549C the following:
“Sec. 8549D. Parents’ right to know about foreign influence.”. <all>
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