Bill funds K-12 schools more from 2027 through 2031.
H.R. 10421 — Transforming Education for the Future Act · Filed by Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · 16 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives money to public schools for five years. It pays for special education, arts classes, and history lessons. It covers the Holocaust and other cultures. It pays for community schools that help families. It also pays for free school meals and preschool. The bill wants schools to use fewer standardized tests and train more teachers.
Who it affects
Students and families get free meals and preschool. Schools get more federal money. Teachers get training and higher pay. Students with disabilities get full special education funding.
One thing to notice
The bill says schools should use fewer standardized tests. But it does not ban them or stop schools from giving them.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
16 cosponsors: 16 Democrats.
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- special education — Classes and help for students with disabilities.
- standardized tests — Tests that all students take the same way to measure learning.
- community schools — Schools that offer help to families, like health care and housing help.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Sep 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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