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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4822 

To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public 

school, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2024 

Mr. CRUZ 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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Re5 porting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLU7 ENCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII 

9 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 


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1 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 8549D. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN 

4 INFLUENCE. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving funds 

6 under this Act, a local educational agency shall ensure 

7 that each elementary school and each secondary school 

8 served by such agency provides to each parent of a child 

9 attending the school, at a minimum— 

10 ‘‘(1) the right (in a manner consistent with 

11 copyright law) to review, and make copies of free of 

12 cost, at least every four weeks and not later than 30 

13 days after submission of a written request by the 

14 parent, any curricular material or professional devel15 opment material used at the school that was pur16 chased, or otherwise obtained, using funds received 

17 from the government of a foreign country or a for18 eign entity of concern; 

19 ‘‘(2) the right to know, by written response pro20 vided not later than 30 days after submission of a 

21 written request by the parent, how many personnel 

22 of the school are compensated, in whole or in part, 

23 using funds received from the government of a for24 eign country or a foreign entity of concern; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the right to know, by written response pro2 vided not later than 30 days after submission of a 

3 written request by the parent, of— 

4 ‘‘(A) any donation received by the school 

5 or local educational agency from a foreign coun6 try or a foreign entity of concern; 

7 ‘‘(B) any agreement in writing (such as a 

8 contract or memorandum of understanding) be9 tween the school or local educational agency 

10 and a foreign country or a foreign entity of con11 cern; and 

12 ‘‘(C) any financial transaction between the 

13 school or local educational agency and a foreign 

14 country or a foreign entity of concern. 

15 ‘‘(b) DONATIONS, AGREEMENTS, AND FINANCIAL

16 TRANSACTIONS.—The information described in subsection 

17 (a)(3) shall include, at minimum, the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) The name of the foreign country or foreign 

19 entity of concern. 

20 ‘‘(2) In any case in which funds were received 

21 by the school or local educational agency from a for22 eign country or a foreign entity of concern— 

23 ‘‘(A) the amount of such funds; and 

24 ‘‘(B) any terms or conditions applicable to 

25 the receipt of such funds. 


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1 ‘‘(c) NOTICE OF RIGHTS.—At the beginning of each 

2 school year, a local educational agency receiving funds 

3 under this Act shall ensure that each elementary school 

4 and each secondary school served by such agency posts 

5 on a publicly accessible website of the school or, if the 

6 school does not operate a website, widely disseminates to 

7 the public, a summary notice of the rights of parents de8 scribed in subsections (a) and (b). 

9 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—At the be10 ginning of each school year, the Secretary shall notify 

11 State educational agencies about the requirements of this 

12 section. As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, 

13 State educational agencies shall, at the beginning of each 

14 school year, notify local educational agencies of the re15 quirements of this section. 

16 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) The term ‘foreign country’ means a for18 eign country or a dependent territory or possession 

19 of a foreign country. Such term does not include any 

20 of the outlying areas. 

21 ‘‘(2) The term ‘foreign entity of concern’ has 

22 the meaning given such term in section 10612(a) of 

23 the Research and Development, Competition, and 

24 Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19221(a)).’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

2 section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

3 of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating 

4 to section 8549C the following: 

‘‘Sec. 8549D. Parents’ right to know about foreign influence.’’. 

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