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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8649 

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

school, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Mr. BEAN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

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, any curricular mate13 rial or professional development material used at the 

14 school that was purchased, or otherwise obtained, 

15 using funds received from the government of a for16 eign country or a foreign entity of concern; 

17 ‘‘(2) the right to know how many personnel of 

18 the school are compensated, in whole or in part, 

19 using funds received from the government of a for20 eign country or a foreign entity of concern; and 

21 ‘‘(3) the right to know of— 

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

23 or local educational agency from a foreign coun24 try or a foreign entity of concern; 


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

2 contract or memorandum of understanding) be3 tween the school or local educational agency 

4 and a foreign country or a foreign entity of con5 cern; and 

6 ‘‘(C) any financial transaction between the 

7 school or local educational agency and a foreign 

8 country or a foreign entity of concern. 

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

10 TRANSACTIONS.—The information described in subsection 

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

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

13 entity of concern. 

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

15 by the school or local educational agency from a for16 eign country or a foreign entity of concern— 

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

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

19 the receipt of such funds. 

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

21 school year, a local educational agency receiving funds 

22 under this Act shall ensure that each elementary school 

23 and each secondary school served by such agency posts 

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

25 school does not operate a website, widely disseminates to 


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1 the public, a summary notice of the rights of parents de2 scribed in subsections (a) and (b). 

3 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—At the be4 ginning of each school year, the Secretary shall notify 

5 State educational agencies about the requirements of this 

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

7 State educational agencies shall, at the beginning of each 

8 school year, notify local educational agencies of the re9 quirements of this section. 

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

11 ‘‘(1) The term ‘foreign country’ means a for12 eign country or a dependent territory or possession 

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

14 of the outlying areas. 

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

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

17 the Research and Development, Competition, and 

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

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

20 section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

21 of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating 

22 to section 8549C the following: 

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

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