WASHINGTON, D.C. — To address the aggressive and systematic threats from foreign adversaries, Chairman of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean (FL-04) introduced H.R. 8649, the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act. 

This legislation builds on the momentum of the Parents Bill of Rights Act to solidify the rights of parents to know how foreign funding is impacting their child’s classroom and adds a layer of deterrence to keep foreign nations from reaching America’s youth. 

Bean, who represents all of Clay and Nassau counties and a portion of Duval, told Fox News, “American schools are for education, not espionage. We cannot allow our students—the future of our great nation — to be corrupted by foreign adversaries who are systematically and aggressively attempting to influence our nation’s K-12 schools.” 

"Yet this is what happens when our institutions of learning accept the Trojan Horse of foreign funding. My bill aims to solidify the rights of parents to know how foreign influence may be impacting their child’s classroom and deter the ability of foreign nations to reach America’s youth."

Watch Congressman Bean’s remarks at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce markup at youtube.com/watch?v=kbojBIACMAk.