put parents back in the driver’s seat and ensure that our next generation is focused on learning skills that will benefit their futures, not extreme ideologies
Reduce government control over education and empower parents to guide school choices and classroom priorities.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The official homepage shows Harshbargers latest visible office activity in mid-May 2026 as a PBM Act reintroduction and a Moms.gov launch, with the recent votes feed covering non-education bills. There is no new education-specific accomplishment visible in the current news/votes feed for the lookback window.
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Harshbarger says she strongly supports school choice and educational freedoms, wants state and local control over education decisions, opposes federal interference in K-12 schools, and says she co-sponsored the Parents Bill of Rights Act and introduced the NOT in Our Schools Act.
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Congress.gov identifies H.R. 2616 as an education bill and shows that it was reported by the House Education and Workforce Committee, with the latest action placing it on the Union Calendar. The bill has not become law.
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This document contains proposed regulations regarding the nonrefundable Federal tax credit for qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations to fund qualified elementary and secondary school education scholarships.
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, individual taxpayers may be able to claim a Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) for certain cash contributions up to $1,700 to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs).
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The following states have made an advance election to participate under Section 25F for 2027:
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there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the aggregate amount of qualified contributions made by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
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Harshbarger | Harshbarger | Republican | TN | Aye
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Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Assessments
Harshbarger clearly backed the promise in office by advocating school choice, opposing federal K-12 interference, co-sponsoring the Parents Bill of Rights Act, and introducing related education legislation. But the available evidence does not show a completed federal policy outcome that reduced government control over education or materially expanded parental control. The cited education bill activity advanced in committee and onto the Union Calendar, yet did not become law, and her recent official activity does not show an education-policy deliverable. Under a federal office standard, that is a serious legislative effort without successful delivery, so the promise is best scored as never rather than partial or delivered.