That’s why I have been a strong advocate for more funding to improve the education and safety of our public schools.
He will continue to support improved education and safety funding for public schools.
Occurrences
Evidence
The homepage links an Education issue page and a FY2027 Programmatic Appropriations Form, but the visible recent votes stop at June 11 and latest news at June 17.
The latest press-release items visible are from April 2026, while the site's most recent education-themed posts are service academy information night and the Congressional Art Competition.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 106 on H.R. 4909, the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018. The bill passed 407-10, and Rep. Harris, Republican, Maryland, voted Yea.
Congress.gov summarizes H.R. 4909 as revising and reauthorizing through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program, which provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security at schools and on school grounds. The bill passed the House and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 49 on passage of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act. The bill passed 219-212, and Rep. Harris, Republican, Maryland, voted Nay.
Congress.gov records H.R. 1319 as Public Law 117-2. Its education provisions provided additional FY2021 funding for the Department of Education to help states address COVID-19 impacts on elementary and secondary schools, with local educational agencies reserving funds for learning loss and safely reopening schools.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 102 on concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. The measure passed 286-134, and Rep. Harris, Republican, Maryland, voted Nay.
Congress.gov records H.R. 2882 as Public Law 118-47. Division D provides FY2024 appropriations for the Department of Education, including Education for the Disadvantaged, Impact Aid, School Improvement Programs, Safe Schools and Citizenship Education, English Language Acquisition, and Special Education.
The official House homepage links an Education issue page and a FY2027 Programmatic Appropriations Form, but the visible recent votes and news items do not show a concrete public-school education or safety funding action in the latest review window.
The visible official press-release list does not show a recent public-school funding announcement; the education-themed visible items concern service academy information and the Congressional Art Competition rather than school funding.
Assessments
Harris has evidence of supporting school-safety funding efforts, including a Yea vote for H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, which would have reauthorized school security grant funding and passed the House. That shows a serious federal legislative attempt tied to the safety-funding portion of the promise. However, the record provided does not show that he delivered improved education funding for public schools, and he voted against major enacted bills that funded elementary and secondary education or Department of Education accounts, including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the FY2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act. Because the promise combined education and safety funding, the safety-related effort supports partial credit, but the broader promised outcome was not fully delivered by Harris.
The claim is a broad promise to keep supporting education and safety funding for public schools. The visible official materials show education-related pages and an appropriations form, but there is no concrete June 21-23 evidence of a specific funding action, enacted outcome, or materially advanced measure tied to public-school funding. That supports at most ongoing interest, not fulfillment.