Bill > S4822

This bill, the "Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act," aims to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. As a condition of receiving federal funding, local educational agencies must ensure that elementary and secondary schools provide parents with the right to review any curricular or professional development materials purchased using funds from a foreign country or entity, the right to know how many school personnel are compensated using such funds, and the right to know about any donations, agreements, or financial transactions between the school and a foreign country or entity. 2. Schools must post a summary of these parental rights on their publicly accessible website or widely disseminate it to the public at the beginning of each school year. 3. The Secretary of Education must notify state educational agencies of these requirements, and state agencies must then notify local educational agencies at the start of each school year. The bill defines "foreign country" and "foreign entity of concern" to provide clarity on the scope of the reporting requirements.