Aaron Bean U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 4th district | Official U.S. House Headshot
Aaron Bean U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 4th district | Official U.S. House Headshot
U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean's (FL-04) bill, H.R. 8649, known as the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act (TRACE Act), has passed the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The legislation aims to address threats from foreign adversaries attempting to infiltrate K-12 schools in the United States.
The TRACE Act seeks to ensure parents are informed about foreign funding impacting their children's classrooms and aims to deter foreign nations from influencing American youth.
"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," said Congressman Bean. "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."
Further details can be found in Congressman Bean's remarks during today's House Committee on Education and the Workforce markup, available [here](#). Exclusive coverage of the bill is also provided by Fox News [here](#).
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