Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act, the official text

119 HR 1005 : CLASS Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-12-04
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IIB 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1005 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 4, 2025 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
AN ACT To require public elementary and secondary schools to disclose certain funds received from, or contracts with, a foreign source, and for other purposes. 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act .
2. Disclosure of foreign funding and contracts
(a) In general
As a condition on receipt of Federal financial assistance under any applicable program by a public elementary school or a public secondary school, the school, not later than 30 days after receiving funds in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate from a foreign source, or entering into one or more contracts with an aggregate value in excess of $10,000 with a foreign source, shall 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.
(b) Definitions
In this section:
(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) ).
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.