# H.R. 1005 (119th): Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, from accepting funds from or entering into a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Chinese government or the CCP. The bill also requires schools to disclose funding from or contracts with a foreign source to the Department of Education.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_influence. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: transparency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: unclear. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 312: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill restrains a named foreign coercive power's financial influence over public schools and adds disclosure duties, which are goods of prudence and transparency. Its core is a prudential national-security and funding-condition measure, not a direct defense of life, family, or justice against a specific moral evil, and it does not advance any moral harm, so 'mixed' is the prudent classification.
Theological note: The measure concerns the protection of children's education from a coercive foreign authoritarian power and the duty of public institutions to act with honesty and transparency. Under general equity, restraining foreign influence over schools that serve minors can be a prudent defense of the community, but the bill is mainly a national-security and funding-condition measure rather than a direct moral mandate, so it should not be treated as a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 312: On Passage. Yea 242 · Nay 176 · Other 14.

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