CLASS Act – K-12 Foreign Funding & CCP Contract Restrictions

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2025-05-08 — DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act: cross-connection with dhs-restrictions-confucius-institutes-chinese-entities-act: Parallel foreign-influence restrictions: S.1694 addresses higher-ed Confucius Institutes via DHS while the CLASS Act addresses K-12 CCP contract restrictions. (novelty: 3)
2025-12-04 — PROTECT Our Kids Act: PROTECT Our Kids Act (HR1069) advances a narrower parallel restriction — cutting off federal education funds specifically for K-12 partnerships with PRC-funded cultural/language institutes (Confucius Institutes/Classrooms), whereas CLASS Act broadly prohibits Chinese government funds and contracts. (novelty: 2)
2025-12-04 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act: 2025-12-04 — Companion transparency measure (HR1049) advances parallel parental-notice and disclosure requirements for foreign government / foreign entity of concern funding and agreements in K-12 schools, complementing CLASS Act’s outright prohibition approach. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2025-12-04 — Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act: Bill text conditions federal ESEA funding on public K-12 schools refusing Chinese government/CCP funds or contracts and requires disclosure of foreign-source funding and contracts to the Department of Education; received in Senate and referred to HELP (2025-12-04). (novelty: 2)