Mark Alford will keep primary education under state and local control and resist federal intrusion in classrooms.

I will always do everything in my power to ensure the primary education of our children is handled by the states and localities in which they reside, and I will always protect our children against the federal government’s injection of their liberal agenda into our classroom.

Promises to keep education decisions with states and localities and resist federal influence.

Mark Alford for Congress
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I will always do everything in my power to ensure the primary education of our children is handled by the states and localities in which they reside, and I will always protect our children against the federal government’s injection of their liberal agenda into our classroom.

Promises to keep education control at the state and local level and resist federal involvement.

On The Issues – Mark Alford for Congress
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I will always do everything in my power to ensure the primary education of our children is handled by the states and localities in which they reside, and I will always protect our children against the federal government’s injection of their liberal agenda into our classroom.

Alford pledges to keep education control with states and localities and resist federal classroom influence.

Meet Mark – Mark Alford for Congress
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House Roll Call 184 on May 20, 2026 shows Alford voted Aye on H.R. 2616, which passed the House.

Alford supported a federal K-12 bill that increases parental control and limits school autonomy on gender-related forms and accommodations.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 184
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The committee said the House passed H.R. 2616 to increase transparency in K-12 schools, strengthen parents' rights, and keep federal education dollars from advancing ideological agendas.

Official House committee framing confirms the bill was presented as a federal effort to curb classroom intrusion and boost parental control, aligning only partly with the broader claim.

partial same_term A for effort

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
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Roll Call 161 was on passage of H.R. 5, Parents Bill of Rights Act; status passed, 213-208; Alford, Republican, Missouri, voted Aye.

Alford voted for the House-passed Parents Bill of Rights Act, a concrete federal action aligned with parental control and curriculum transparency but not enacted into law.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 161
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 5 as Passed House; latest action was Senate referral on March 27, 2023. CRS summary says LEAs must comply to receive federal education funds.

The bill advanced only through the House and used federal funding conditions to impose parental-rights and transparency requirements, supporting partial effort rather than full delivery of state/local control.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov H.R.5 - Parents Bill of Rights Act
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Roll Call 184 was on passage of H.R. 2616, PROTECT Kids Act; status passed, 217-198; Alford, Republican, Missouri, voted Aye.

Alford again backed a House-passed K-12 parental-control bill, showing continued effort on resisting certain school policies but still only a House outcome.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 184
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The bill conditions ESEA funds on parental consent before schools change a minor student's gender markers, pronouns, preferred name, or sex-based accommodations.

The text targets federal education funding and parental consent in elementary and middle schools, aligning with part of the classroom-intrusion claim while still operating as federal school regulation.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov Text - H.R.2616 PROTECT Kids Act
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The committee said H.R. 2616 passed the House to increase K-12 transparency, strengthen parents' rights, and restrict federal education dollars for ideological agendas.

Official committee framing connects H.R. 2616 to parental control and federal funding restrictions, supporting partial fulfillment but not complete transfer of education control to state and local authorities.

partial same_term A for effort

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
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Congress.gov says H.R. 5349 passed the House and directs development of a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students.

This House-passed curriculum bill cuts against a broad promise to resist federal classroom involvement, limiting the claim to partial rather than full delivery.

never same_term

Congress.gov H.R.5349 - Crucial Communism Teaching Act
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Roll Call 492 was on passage of H.R. 5349, Crucial Communism Teaching Act; status passed, 327-62; Alford, Republican, Missouri, voted Yea.

Alford voted for a federal curriculum-development bill, evidence that his record did not uniformly resist federal involvement in classroom content.

never same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 492
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