119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jul 29, 2025
Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act
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Latest action (Jul 29, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jul 29, 2025)
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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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FDD ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: FDD ACTION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$210,000
Spent on own lobbying
…CE) Act, all provisions. S. 1296, Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, all provisions. S. 2509, Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act, all provisions. Issues related to Foreign Gift Compliance Transparency; Forei…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FDD ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: FDD ACTION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Apr 24, 2026 · issue area: Education
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ids Act, all provisions. S. 1296, Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, all provisions. S. 2509, Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act, all provisions. Issues related to Foreign Influence in U.S. Higher and Elemen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FDD ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: FDD ACTION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$270,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ids Act, all provisions. S. 1296, Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, all provisions. S. 2509, Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act, all provisions. S. 3942, SPONSOR Act, all provisions. Issues related to Forei…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing