Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act two short titles it can be called by: the Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act, or the CLASS Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act .
2Prohibition on funding from and contracts with the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party
This section would set a condition on any public elementary school or public secondary school that receives federal financial assistance under an applicable program: to keep getting that federal money, the school could not accept funds from, or enter into a contract with, the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, or any individual or entity acting directly or indirectly on behalf of that Government or that Party.
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2. Prohibition on funding from and contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party As a condition on receipt of Federal financial assistance under any applicable program by a public elementary school or public secondary school, the school may not accept funds from or enter into a contract with— (1) the Government of the People’s Republic of China; (2) the Chinese Communist Party; or (3) any individual or entity acting directly or indirectly on behalf of such Government or Party.
3Disclosure of foreign funding and contracts
This section would set another condition on the same federal financial assistance: a public elementary or secondary school that receives funds from a foreign source or enters into a contract with a foreign source would have to submit a written disclosure to the Secretary of Education within 30 days of that funding or contract. The disclosure would have to name the foreign source and its country of origin. If the school received funds from the foreign source, the disclosure would also have to state the amount of funds received and any terms or conditions attached to receiving them. If the school entered into a contract with the foreign source, the disclosure would instead have to state the terms and conditions of that contract.
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3. Disclosure of foreign funding and contracts As a condition on receipt of Federal financial assistance under any applicable program by a public elementary school or public secondary school, the school shall, not later than 30 days after receiving funds or entering into a contract with a foreign source, submit to the Secretary of Education a written disclosure that identifies— (1) the name and country of origin of the foreign source; (2) in a case in which a school receives funds from a foreign source— (A) the amount of funds received from that source; and (B) any terms or conditions applicable to the receipt of such funds; and (3) in a case in which a school enters into a contract with a foreign source, the terms and conditions of such contract.
4Definitions
This section would define five terms used in the Act by pointing to existing law: applicable program would carry the meaning already given in section 400 of the General Education Provisions Act; elementary school and secondary school would carry the meanings already given in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; Federal financial assistance would carry the meaning already given in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31 of the United States Code; and foreign source would carry the meaning already given in section 117(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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4. Definitions In this Act: (1) The term applicable program has the meaning given that term in section 400 of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1221 ). (2) The terms elementary school and secondary school have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (3) The term Federal financial assistance has the meaning given that term in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code. (4) The term foreign source has the meaning given that term in section 117(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1011f(h) ).
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