Rep. Tim Walberg: the bill, and two others that passed, will “protect our students and increase transparency”
The House of Representatives voted 242-176 on Wednesday to pass a bill requiring public K-12 schools to disclose foreign sources of funding above $10,000 to the U.S. Department of Education.
H.R.1005, or the Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems (CLASS) Act, states that schools must inform the U.S. education secretary of the name and country of origin and amount of any foreign source of funding in excess of $10,000. They also must share any terms or conditions tied to those funds or to contracts with foreign sources.
Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, stated that the bill is a “vital step” to prevent Chinese propaganda from “spreading through the American education system.”