Introduced the Promoting Responsible Oversight to Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids (PROTECT Our Kids) Act, legislation to prohibit federal funding through the Department of Education for any school which continues to host a Confucius Classroom.
Prohibit federal education funding for schools that continue to host Confucius Classrooms.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov describes H.R. 881 as a bill that restricts DHS funding to institutions of higher education with relationships to Confucius Institutes; the bill has not become law.
The official roll call shows Kevin Hern voted Yea on H.R. 881, which passed the House 266-153.
Assessments
Kevin Hern supported a related anti-Confucius funding bill, but the cited legislation did not become law and it was narrower than the promise to prohibit federal education funding for schools hosting Confucius Classrooms. That is a serious attempt, but not a delivered outcome.
Kevin Hern took a concrete same-term step by voting for H.R. 881, a related anti-Confucius funding restriction bill. But the bill was narrower than the promise, targeting DHS funding and Confucius Institute relationships rather than broadly prohibiting federal education funding for schools hosting Confucius Classrooms, and it did not become law. Because the promised outcome was not delivered and Hern's documented contribution here is supportive but limited, this merits partial rather than full credit.