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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026

   H.R. 5505: Equal Campus Access Act of 2026

   The Equal Campus Access Act of 2026 is mostly sound but has minor constitutional tension. It uses federal spending power to enforce religious free exercise and free speech at public universities, which is within Congress's enumerated…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026

   H.R. 2259: National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025

   …overreach into local school operations. The federal government's enumerated powers under Article I, Section 8 do not include general authority over education or school security. While the bill relates to terrorism, which may implicate the…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.R. 1048: DETERRENT Act

   …bill's requirements on institutions receiving federal funds are within these powers. However, the bill's application to private institutions that may not receive federal funds could be challenged as exceeding enumerated powers, but as…

4. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5665 · Oct 18, 2026

   Federal-State Community College Partnership and Student Success Act

   Make community college more affordable and improve student success, including added help for low-income students at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority-serving institutions.…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 9203: Student Protection and University Accountability Act

   The bill imposes procedural requirements on institutions of higher education as a condition of participating in federal student aid programs, which falls within Congress's spending power. However, it raises significant concerns by…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026

   S. 4097: State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act

   …jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. It is a purely administrative adjustment to federal loan disclosure rules. The bill does not restrict individual action. It does not limit what students,…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.R. 1049: Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act

   This bill raises significant constitutional concerns primarily because it conditions federal education funding on state and local compliance with specific parental notification requirements regarding foreign influence in schools. While the…

8. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10451 · Oct 16, 2026

   Temporary Emergency Student Grant Fund With Cap and Sunset

   Help college students stay enrolled when a sudden expense hits, by having colleges provide small emergency grants. Congress has power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 to spend for the general welfare and under Clause 18 to carry out…

9. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4097 · Aug 03, 2026

   State Education Loan Awareness Incentive Act

   …Clause – power to tax and spend for the general welfare) Tenth Amendment (powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause – to implement spending programs)

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 9958: Head Start Expansion and Improvement Act of 2026

    …involvement in early childhood education, which is not among the enumerated powers of Congress. While the spending clause allows Congress to attach conditions to federal funds, the expansion of Head Start eligibility, facility grants, and…

11. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 10347: Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026

    This bill establishes a federal grant program for data literacy education and requires additional data collection on STEM teachers. It operates within Congress's enumerated spending power under the General Welfare Clause, does not infringe…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 10438: SYLLABLE Act of 2026

    …Act of 2026 is mostly constitutional but has minor tension with enumerated powers and decentralization principles. It authorizes federal grants for dual language immersion programs, which falls within Congress's spending power, but…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 13, 2026

    H.R. 896: Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2025

    The bill raises significant constitutional concerns because it uses federal funding to direct state and local education policy, an area traditionally reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment. While Congress has broad spending…

14. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1825: GRACE Act

    …the scope of managing those programs. The bill does not exceed enumerated powers; it merely reorganizes an existing federal office. The bill does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It does not affect speech, religion, assembly,…

15. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 7890 · Oct 12, 2026

    Reading Results and State Control Literacy Grants Act

    Help more children become strong readers by focusing federal literacy funds on reading instruction backed by research on phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing. Congress has power to spend for the general welfare under…

16. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.R. 6359: Pregnant Students’ Rights Act

    The bill is a permissible exercise of Congress's spending power. It attaches a narrow information-disclosure condition to voluntary participation in federal student aid programs, does not restrict student speech, privacy, or reproductive…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1852: IHE Nonprofit Clarity Act

    The bill is a modest administrative clarification that aligns the Department of Education's classification of nonprofit institutions with the IRS's existing tax-exempt determination. It does not expand federal power, infringe on rights, or…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 881: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

    …targets academic and cultural exchanges, which are not within DHS's enumerated powers over immigration, customs, or national security. The bill effectively uses DHS funding to regulate education, an area not delegated to the federal…

19. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 7892: No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026

    Constitutional fraud-prevention condition on federal spending. Congress uses its Spending Clause authority to protect public funds, with notice and a clear cure, no rights infringement, and no upward consolidation beyond the federal…

20. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10438 · Oct 16, 2026

    Limited Dual Language Pilot for High-Need Schools

    Help low-income children, including English learners and minority children in high-need schools, learn in two languages from preschool through 5th grade by supporting dual language immersion programs. Congress may support local schools…