Mark will fight for policies that focus on local control, and maximum flexibility, and ensure that students have the most educational opportunities available to them.
Fight for policies that emphasize local control, maximum flexibility, and broad educational opportunities for students and families.
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Evidence
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"It's time to return control of education to the states and local communities" and he "also supports school choice—whether public, charter, private, or homeschool."
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H.R. 6392 was "Introduced in House" on 12/03/2025, then "Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce" on 02/10/2026 and placed on the Union Calendar.
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Latest Action: House - 02/10/2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419. Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (Introduced 12/03/2025). Committees: House - Education and Workforce.
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Congress.gov shows that H.R. 6392, sponsored by Rep. Mark Harris, was introduced on 2025-12-03 and then ordered to be reported (amended) by the House Education and Workforce Committee on 2025-12-11 by a 33-0 vote. The page still says the bill has the status 'Introduced' and shows no later action within the lookback window.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 6392 as the Home School Graduation Recognition Act in its Senate calendar version, with a March 17, 2026 last-action entry showing the bill was received, read twice, and placed on the Senate calendar. The full title says the bill would amend the Higher Education Act to treat qualifying home-school graduates as high school graduates.
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GovInfo identifies Mark Harris of North Carolina as sponsor of H.R. 9610, the Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act. The bill's purpose is to move management of elementary and secondary education programs to the Department of Labor, and it was referred to multiple House committees on July 9, 2026.
Assessments
Harris has taken concrete same-term steps that align with the promise: he sponsored the Home School Graduation Recognition Act, which passed House committee, went to the House calendar, and was placed on the Senate calendar, and he sponsored the Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act, which advanced through committee activity. These actions support local control, flexibility, and broader educational options, especially for homeschool families and reduced federal education bureaucracy. However, the evidence does not show enactment or completed federal policy change by the assessment date, so this is partial progress rather than full delivery.
The promise is broad and framed as fighting for local control, flexibility, and educational options rather than achieving one discrete enactment. In his same federal term, Harris sponsored H.R. 6392 and moved it through committee to the Union Calendar, which is concrete legislative action aligned with homeschool choice and flexibility. But the bill had not become law, and the record provided does not show a broader enacted policy change delivering the full promise. That supports partial credit for materially advancing the agenda, not full delivery.
Harris has taken concrete same-term action aligned with the promise by sponsoring H.R. 6392, the Home School Graduation Recognition Act, and advancing it through committee to the Union Calendar. That supports candidate credit for fighting for broader educational opportunities and flexibility. However, the bill had not become law by the assessment window, and the evidence shows continued advocacy rather than full implementation of the promised policy outcome.
Harris maintained the promised education agenda in office and introduced H.R. 6392, a concrete bill aligned with local flexibility, homeschool recognition, and broader educational opportunities. The bill advanced out of committee in the same term, showing meaningful legislative effort, but it had not become law by the assessment date and the broader policy outcome was not fully delivered.