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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5784 

To establish a Green New Deal for public schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 

Mr. BOWMAN (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, 

Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CLARKE of 

New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. 

DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. FOUSHEE, 

Mr. FROST, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, 

Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE

of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Mr. MFUME, 

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 

Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 

TORRES of New York, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 

Mrs. TRAHAN, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To establish a Green New Deal for public schools. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green New Deal for 

3 Public Schools Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 This table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—CLIMATE CAPITAL FACILITIES GRANTS, RESOURCE 

BLOCK GRANTS, AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY GRANTS 

Sec. 101. General provisions. 

Sec. 102. Climate capital facilities grants. 

Sec. 103. Resource block grants. 

Sec. 104. Educational equity planning grants. 

Sec. 105. IDEA funding. 

Sec. 106. Elementary and Secondary Education funding. 

TITLE II—CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY 

Sec. 201. Definitions. 

Sec. 202. Climate change resiliency program. 

Sec. 203. Grant program. 

Sec. 204. Report. 

Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Except as otherwise expressly provided, in this Act: 

8 (1) BIE TERMS.—The terms ‘‘BIE schools’’ 

9 and ‘‘schools funded by BIE’’ means— 

10 (A) schools and dormitories operated by 

11 the Bureau of Indian Education; 

12 (B) schools and dormitories operated pur13 suant to a grant under the Tribally Controlled 

14 Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); 

15 and 


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1 (C) schools and dormitories operated pur2 suant to a contract under the Indian Self-De3 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 

4 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). 

5 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘child with a 

6 disability’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘English learner’’, 

7 ‘‘paraprofessional’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘local edu8 cational agency’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the mean9 ings given those terms in section 8101 of the Ele10 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

11 U.S.C. 7801). 

12 (3) CDC SVI.—The term ‘‘CDC SVI’’ means 

13 the Social Vulnerability Index of the Centers for 

14 Disease Control and Prevention, which is a com15 posite indicator that includes poverty rate and other 

16 variables and is based on the most recent data avail17 able from the American Community Survey. 

18 (4) CLIMATE JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘climate jus19 tice’’ means the fair treatment and meaningful in20 volvement of all people, regardless of race, color, cul21 ture, national origin, or income, with respect to the 

22 development, implementation, and enforcement of 

23 policies and projects to ensure that each person en24 joys the same degree of protection from the adverse 

25 effects of climate change. 


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1 (5) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘en2 vironmental justice’’ means the fair treatment and 

3 meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of 

4 race, color, culture, national origin, or income, with 

5 respect to the development, implementation, and en6 forcement of environmental laws, regulations, and 

7 policies to ensure that each person enjoys— 

8 (A) the same degree of protection from en9 vironmental and health hazards; and 

10 (B) equal access to any Federal agency ac11 tion on justice issues related to the environment 

12 in order to have a healthy environment in which 

13 to live, learn, work, and recreate. 

14 (6) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

15 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization de16 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

17 Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 

18 501(a) of that Code. 

19 (7) VULNERABILITY RANKING.—The term ‘‘vul20 nerability ranking’’ means the ranking of each public 

21 elementary school and secondary school in the 

22 United States based on the CDC SVI of the Census 

23 tract in which the school is located. 


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1 TITLE I—CLIMATE CAPITAL FA2 CILITIES GRANTS, RESOURCE 

3 BLOCK GRANTS, AND EDU4 CATIONAL EQUITY GRANTS 

5 SEC. 101. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

6 (a) CREATION OF NEW OFFICE AT THE DEPART7 MENT OF EDUCATION.—There is established in the De8 partment of Education, an Office of Sustainable Schools, 

9 which shall— 

10 (1) administer the resource block grant pro11 gram under section 103 and the educational equity 

12 grant program under section 104; 

13 (2) in close collaboration with the Department 

14 of Energy, the White House Office of Domestic Cli15 mate Policy, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

16 and the Department of Agriculture, coordinate the 

17 activities of those grant programs with— 

18 (A) the activities of the climate capital fa19 cilities grant program under section 102, ad20 ministered by the Secretary of Energy; and 

21 (B) the activities of the climate change re22 siliency program under title II. 

23 (b) RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN.—Each applicant 

24 for a grant under this title shall submit with their applica25 tion a resource allocation plan, which shall include— 


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1 (1) a detailed explanation of how the grant 

2 funds will be spent; and 

3 (2) a values statement document, which shall be 

4 developed after a community-engaged planning proc5 ess, with representation from educators, principals, 

6 administrators, students, parents, school boards, 

7 caregivers, Indian Tribes (where applicable), and 

8 community organizations that have documented ex9 perience as local providers and partners, and which 

10 shall include— 

11 (A) an outline of the applicant’s goals to 

12 address environmental, economic, and edu13 cational equity in the projects and activities 

14 supported by the grant funds; 

15 (B) annual benchmarks to measure the ap16 plicant’s progress toward meeting those goals; 

17 (C) a plan to ensure that, to the greatest 

18 extent practicable, not less than 30 percent of 

19 all jobs funded by the grant will be— 

20 (i) filled by individuals hired through 

21 a local community-based hiring process, in 

22 a matter that contributes to the stated eq23 uity goals, especially individuals who reside 

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1 uals will work, or individuals who pre2 viously attended the school in which those 

3 individuals will work; or 

4 (ii) filled by individuals who reside in 

5 a ZIP Code served by the local educational 

6 agency receiving the grant or in a neigh7 boring ZIP Code; 

8 (D) as applicable, a commitment to local 

9 hiring from businesses, nonprofit organizations, 

10 and cooperatives (including worker coopera11 tives) in a manner that contributes to the stat12 ed equity goals, advances the economic and so13 cial empowerment of traditionally disadvan14 taged individuals and communities (including 

15 low-income and low-wealth individuals and com16 munities), and creates opportunities for— 

17 (i) people of color; 

18 (ii) immigrants, regardless of immi19 grant status; 

20 (iii) formerly incarcerated individuals; 

21 (iv) women; 

22 (v) LGBTQIAP+ individuals; 

23 (vi) individuals with disabilities or 

24 chronic illness; 

25 (vii) young or elderly individuals; 


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1 (viii) young adults exiting the foster 

2 care system; and 

3 (ix) unhoused individuals; and 

4 (E) a plan to ensure the greatest prac5 ticable number of training opportunities within 

6 schools benefitting from grant funds under this 

7 Act. 

8 (c) DOCUMENTATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each recipient of a grant 

10 under this title shall document the recipient’s 

11 progress toward meeting the resource allocation plan 

12 goals over the course of the grant period on a public 

13 digitized platform, which may be an existing public 

14 dashboard, data center, or information hub of a pub15 lic website. 

16 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A grant recipient shall 

17 establish and maintain a public digitized platform 

18 for the purposes described in this subsection if one 

19 has not already been established on the date of the 

20 grant award. 

21 (3) ACCESSIBLE DATA.—Each recipient of a 

22 grant under this title shall ensure that data de23 scribed in this subsection and presented on the pub24 lic digitized platform is accessible to individuals in 

25 multiple languages (as applicable to the relevant 


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1 community), accessible to individuals with different 

2 literacy levels, accessible to those with sensory defi3 cits, and standardized. 

4 (d) BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education 

6 and the Secretary of Energy, as applicable, in con7 junction with the Secretary of the Interior, shall re8 serve a sufficient amount of grant funding and addi9 tional administrative expenses, for each grant pro10 gram authorized under this title, for the Bureau of 

11 Indian Education to fully carry out the applicable 

12 grant activities at all BIE schools and schools fund13 ed by BIE, which shall include providing any nec14 essary technical assistance to assist a BIE school or 

15 school funded by BIE in creating a resource alloca16 tion plan or meeting other grant requirements in col17 laboration with the applicable Indian Tribe and com18 munity members. 

19 (2) ENSURING SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF-DETER20 MINATION.—The Secretary of Education, the Sec21 retary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior 

22 shall ensure that the administration of funds re23 served under paragraph (1) and provision of tech24 nical assistance under paragraph (1) is carried out 


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1 in accordance with principles of Indian Tribal sov2 ereignty and self-determination. 

3 SEC. 102. CLIMATE CAPITAL FACILITIES GRANTS. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) HEALTHY GREEN RETROFIT.—The term 

6 ‘‘healthy green retrofit’’, with respect to a facility, 

7 means the holistic modification of the entire facility 

8 to remove health harms, eliminate greenhouse gas 

9 emissions, and ensure a safe, accessible, and com10 fortable environment, including through measures 

11 that achieve or convert the facility to address the 

12 following goals: 

13 (A) Optimal air quality. 

14 (B) Detoxification of air, water, and mate15 rials. 

16 (C) Enhanced light quality. 

17 (D) Improved energy efficiency. 

18 (E) Improved water quality and efficiency. 

19 (F) Safe and effective wastewater treat20 ment. 

21 (G) Electrification and decarbonization. 

22 (H) Optimized energy management. 

23 (I) Distributed renewable energy. 

24 (J) Structural integrity. 


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1 (K) Resilience to the impacts of climate 

2 change and natural hazards. 

3 (L) Comfort and accessibility for all users 

4 of the facility, including temperature control. 

5 (2) HEALTHY ZERO-CARBON SCHOOL.—The 

6 term ‘‘healthy zero-carbon school’’ means a public 

7 school, BIE school, or school funded by BIE— 

8 (A) with highly energy-efficient facilities 

9 that produce onsite, or procure, sufficient car10 bon-free and pollution-free renewable energy to 

11 meet the total annual energy consumption of 

12 the public school, BIE school, or school funded 

13 by BIE; 

14 (B) that does not contain any asbestos, 

15 mold, fungus, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl 

16 (PCB), or other contaminant identified as high17 priority by the Office of Sustainable Schools; 

18 (C) the space heating, water heating, and 

19 lighting systems of which are all-electric; 

20 (D) the food service facilities of which use 

21 all-electric systems that include contemporary 

22 induction burners and convection stoves; 

23 (E) that has installed onsite renewable en24 ergy, including solar photovoltaic systems, bat25 teries, flywheels, compressed air systems, 


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1 pumped hydroelectric systems, thermal energy 

2 storage systems, and any other technologies 

3 that provide distributed renewable energy gen4 eration, energy storage, and resilience to ex5 treme weather events, whenever conditions per6 mit; 

7 (F) that continuously provides clean air, 

8 clean water, and a comfortable learning and 

9 working environment, including with respect to 

10 temperature; 

11 (G) that integrates natural and mechanical 

12 systems for natural daylight, views to the out13 doors, and operable windows; 

14 (H) that provides full accessibility in com15 pliance with— 

16 (i) the Americans with Disabilities Act 

17 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and 

18 (ii) applicable provisions of section 

19 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

20 U.S.C. 794); and 

21 (I) that is designed to promote a safe, in22 clusive, and welcoming environment for all stu23 dents and staff. 

24 (3) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na25 tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 


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1 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

2 U.S.C. 15801). 

3 (4) PUBLIC SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘public 

4 school’’ means— 

5 (A) a public elementary school; and 

6 (B) a public secondary school. 

7 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Assist9 ant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

10 Energy. 

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es13 tablish program under which the Secretary shall provide 

14 grants to eligible entities described in subsection (d)(1)— 

15 (1) to conduct healthy green retrofits at facili16 ties of the eligible entities to convert existing public 

17 schools, BIE schools, or schools funded by BIE into 

18 healthy zero-carbon schools; and 

19 (2) to construct new, healthy zero-carbon 

20 schools, subject to the condition that each new, 

21 healthy zero-carbon school so constructed shall be lo22 cated not less than 2,500 feet from any oil or gas 

23 wells in the vicinity of the healthy zero-carbon 

24 school. 

25 (c) APPLICATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

2 grant under subsection (b) shall submit an applica3 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

4 and containing such information as the Secretary 

5 may reasonably require. 

6 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—On request of an 

7 eligible entity applying for a grant under this sec8 tion, the Secretary shall provide to the eligible entity 

9 technical assistance to develop the resource alloca10 tion plan required under section 101(b). 

11 (3) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve 

12 each application that meets the requirements of this 

13 section. In the case of an application that does not 

14 meet such requirements, the Secretary shall consult 

15 with the eligible entity and shall provide technical 

16 assistance, as necessary, to ensure that the eligible 

17 entity meets such requirements. 

18 (d) DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

20 any of the following shall be eligible to receive a 

21 grant under this section: 

22 (A) A public school. 

23 (B) A local educational agency, on behalf 

24 of 1 or more public schools. 

25 (C) A BIE school. 


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1 (D) A school funded by BIE. 

2 (2) LIMITATION.—During the 4-year period be3 ginning on the date of establishment of the grant 

4 program under subsection (b), only an eligible entity 

5 described in paragraph (1) that is a public school 

ranked as one of the 1 6 ⁄3 most vulnerable schools in 

7 the United States, based on the vulnerability rank8 ing, a local educational agency applying on behalf of 

9 such a school, or any BIE school or school funded 

10 by BIE, shall be eligible to receive a grant under 

11 this section. 

12 (e) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

14 the Secretary shall provide to each eligible entity 

15 that submits an application approved by the Sec16 retary under subsection (c)(3) a grant in accordance 

17 with this section. 

18 (2) ALLOCATION.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall al20 locate grant funds to eligible entities described 

21 in paragraph (1) in accordance with the for22 mula established under paragraph (3), subject 

23 to the conditions described in subparagraph 

24 (B). 


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1 (B) CONDITIONS FOR HEALTHY GREEN

2 RETROFIT PROJECTS.—In allocating grant 

3 funding to carry out projects described in sub4 section (b)(1), the Secretary shall make alloca5 tions as follows: 

6 (i) The amount of a grant provided 

7 under this section to an eligible entity that 

8 uses such amount to serve a public school 

ranked as one of the 1 9 ⁄3 most vulnerable 

10 schools in the United States, based on the 

11 vulnerability ranking, a local educational 

12 agency applying on behalf of such a school, 

13 or any BIE school or school funded by 

14 BIE, shall be sufficient to cover 100 per15 cent of cost of carrying out a project de16 scribed in subsection (b)(1). 

17 (ii) The amount of a grant provided 

18 under this section to an eligible entity that 

19 uses such amount to serve a public school 

ranked as one of middle 1 20 ⁄3 of schools in 

21 the United States, based on the vulner22 ability ranking, or a local educational 

23 agency applying on behalf of such a school, 

shall be sufficient to cover 2 24 ⁄3 of the cost 


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1 of carrying out a project described in sub2 section (b)(1). 

3 (iii) The amount of a grant provided 

4 under this section to an eligible entity that 

5 uses such amount to serve a public school 

ranked as one of the 1 6 ⁄3 least vulnerable 

7 schools in the United States, based on the 

8 vulnerability ranking, or a local edu9 cational agency applying on behalf of such 

a school, shall be sufficient to cover 1 10 ⁄3 of 

11 the cost of carrying out a project described 

12 in subsection (b)(1). 

13 (C) LOANS.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity 

15 described in clause (ii) or (iii) of subpara16 graph (B) may submit to the Secretary an 

17 application for a no-interest or low-interest 

18 loan to cover any remaining costs of car19 rying out a project described in subsection 

20 (b)(1). 

21 (ii) LIMITATION.—The total amount 

22 of loans provided by the Secretary under 

23 clause (i) shall be not more than 

24 $446,000,000,000. 

25 (3) FUNDING FORMULA.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara2 graph (B), the Secretary shall establish a for3 mula for purposes of paragraph (2), based on 

4 the results of the initial audit conducted under 

5 subsection (h)(1)(A). 

6 (B) REVISIONS.—After each subsequent 

7 audit is conducted under subsection (h)(1)(B), 

8 the Secretary shall revise the formula estab9 lished under subparagraph (A), based on the re10 sults of that audit. 

11 (f) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant under 

13 this section shall use the grant— 

14 (A) to conduct healthy green retrofits to 

15 convert 1 or more facilities to a healthy zero16 carbon school as soon as practicable after re17 ceiving the grant funds; or 

18 (B) to construct a new, healthy zero-car19 bon school. 

20 (2) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SCHOOL SAFETY, 

21 SECURITY, AND A WELCOMING SCHOOL ENVIRON22 MENT.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out activi24 ties to comply with paragraph (1), a grant re25 cipient shall— 


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1 (i) consider and seek to incorporate, 

2 to the greatest extent practicable, design 

3 and construction strategies to promote 

4 safety and security, support accessibility, 

5 prevent violence, promote a sense of be6 longing, improve student mental health 

7 and physical well-being, and foster a posi8 tive, inclusive, and welcoming school cul9 ture and environment, including through 

10 evidence-based, trauma-informed physical 

11 updates, such as— 

12 (I) access control measures; 

13 (II) internal door locks; 

14 (III) appropriate lighting, includ15 ing natural daylight; 

16 (IV) noise, temperature, and odor 

17 control; 

18 (V) spaces for storytelling, col19 laboration, connection, play, and 

20 movement; 

21 (VI) student-curated displays; 

22 (VII) clear wayfinding; 

23 (VIII) design principles to facili24 tate high-quality emergency response 

25 or planning; and 


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1 (IX) other design and construc2 tion measures; and 

3 (ii) engage students, parents, edu4 cators, and school staff early in the design 

5 process. 

6 (B) LIMITATION.—A grant recipient may 

7 not use grant funds under this section— 

8 (i) for measures that subject students 

9 to potential penalties imposed by law en10 forcement, unduly surveil students, or oth11 erwise detract from a positive, inclusive, 

12 and welcoming school culture and environ13 ment; and 

14 (ii) for measures that would reduce 

15 the accessibility of the school environment 

16 for children with disabilities. 

17 (3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USES.—After 

18 complying with paragraph (1), a recipient of a grant 

19 under this section may use the grant to pursue other 

20 projects, consistent with the goals of a healthy green 

21 retrofit, and in doing so, is encouraged to install 

22 green rooftops that reduce stormwater runoff and 

23 maximize urban island heat effect reduction benefits. 

24 Such rooftops shall meet the minimum performance 

25 standard specified within the Living Architecture 


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1 Performance Tool (LAPT) rating system, and shall 

2 be implemented or completed in consultation with at 

3 least one Green Roof Professional (GRP) as accred4 ited by the Green Roof Industry Association. 

5 (4) SOLAR PV SYSTEMS.—A recipient of a grant 

6 under this section is encouraged to use the grant to 

7 purchase and install 1 or more solar photovoltaic 

8 systems to maximize returns, rather than leasing 

9 roof space to other individuals or entities. 

10 (5) EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.—In carrying out 

11 a project using a grant provided under this section, 

12 an eligible entity shall carry out reasonable measures 

13 to meet the following energy efficiency standards, as 

14 applicable: 

15 (A) For a new construction project, design 

16 and operate the applicable facility— 

17 (i) to achieve— 

18 (I) a site energy use intensity 

19 equal to or less than 25 kBtu/sf/year; 

20 or 

21 (II) an Energy Star score of 90; 

22 and 

23 (ii) to offset not less than 30 percent 

24 of energy consumption with onsite renew25 able energy. 


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1 (B) For a project to modify an existing fa2 cility, design and operate the facility— 

3 (i) to achieve— 

4 (I) a site energy use intensity 

5 equal to or less than 35 kBtu/sf/year; 

6 or 

7 (II) an Energy Star score of 70; 

8 and 

9 (ii) to offset not less than 20 percent 

10 of energy consumption with onsite renew11 able energy. 

12 (6) ADDITIONAL STANDARDS.—In carrying out 

13 a project using a grant provided under this section, 

14 an eligible entity shall adhere to the applicable guid15 ance contained in— 

16 (A) the design guide of the American Soci17 ety of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Condi18 tioning Engineers (ASHRAE) entitled ‘‘Achiev19 ing Zero Energy—Advanced Energy Design 

20 Guide for K–12 School Buildings’’; and 

21 (B) the document of the National Renew22 able Energy Laboratory entitled ‘‘A Guide to 

23 Zero Energy and Zero Energy Ready K–12 

24 Schools’’. 

25 (g) MEASUREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—On conclusion of a healthy 

2 green retrofit or construction project funded by a 

3 grant under this section, the applicable eligible enti4 ty shall submit to the Secretary a measurement and 

5 assessment of the energy performance of each facil6 ity affected by the project, as determined— 

7 (A) before and after the project; and 

8 (B) based on standards agreed to by the 

9 eligible entity and the Secretary. 

10 (2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make 

11 all data submitted under paragraph (1) relating to 

12 performance changes publicly available to enable 

13 subsequent healthy green retrofit project sponsors to 

14 learn from, and improve on, the processes and tech15 nologies used. 

16 (h) COMPREHENSIVE AUDITS OF HEALTHY GREEN

17 RETROFIT NEEDS.— 

18 (1) AUDITS.— 

19 (A) INITIAL AUDIT.—Not later than 180 

20 days after the date on which the Office of Sus21 tainable Schools is established under section 

22 101(a), the Secretary, working jointly with the 

23 head of the Office of Sustainable Schools, shall 

24 complete an audit of a representative sample of 

25 public schools, BIE schools, and schools funded 


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1 by BIE across the United States to identify 

2 healthy green retrofit needs. 

3 (B) SUBSEQUENT AUDITS.—After the ini4 tial audit is completed under subparagraph (A), 

5 the Secretary, working jointly with the head of 

6 the Office of Sustainable Schools, periodically 

7 shall complete an audit of all public schools, 

8 BIE schools, and schools funded by BIE across 

9 the United States to identify healthy green ret10 rofit needs. 

11 (2) REQUIREMENT.—Each audit under para12 graph (1) shall take into account— 

13 (A) local climatic conditions; 

14 (B) regional variation; 

15 (C) the high capital needs of public schools 

16 served by local educational agencies that enroll 

17 a high percentage of low-income children, BIE 

18 schools, and schools funded by BIE; 

19 (D) regional labor costs and labor markets; 

20 and 

21 (E) other necessary criteria, as determined 

22 by the Secretary. 

23 (i) CONSULTATIONS.—In administering the grant 

24 program established under subsection (b) and conducting 


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1 each audit under subsection (h)(1), the Secretary shall col2 laborate closely with, and seek technical assistance from— 

3 (1) the National Laboratories, particularly the 

4 National Renewable Energy Laboratory; 

5 (2) the Environmental Protection Agency; and 

6 (3) other Federal departments and agencies, as 

7 the Secretary determines to be necessary. 

8 (j) DESIGN GUIDE.—The Secretary shall encourage 

9 the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop a 

10 new design guide for schools that takes into account best 

11 practices and lessons learned from the implementation of 

12 the grant program established under subsection (b). 

13 (k) LABOR STANDARDS.— 

14 (1) LABOR AND BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each contractor or 

16 subcontractor for a project funded by a grant 

17 under this section shall carry out the following: 

18 (i) Ensure that the materials used by 

19 the contractor or subcontractor are sub20 stantially manufactured, mined, and pro21 duced in the United States in accordance 

22 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States 

23 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Buy 

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1 (ii) Ensure that all laborers and me2 chanics employed by the contractor or sub3 contractor in the performance of construc4 tion, alteration, repair, or maintenance 

5 work financed in whole or in part with as6 sistance under this section shall be paid 

7 wages at rates not less than those pre8 vailing on similar construction in the local9 ity, as determined by the Secretary of 

10 Labor, in accordance with subchapter IV 

11 of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 

12 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Davis13 Bacon Act’’). With respect to the labor 

14 standards in this clause, the Secretary of 

15 Labor shall have the authority and func16 tions set forth in Reorganization Plan 

17 Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 

18 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, 

19 United States Code. 

20 (iii) With respect to a project or set of 

21 projects located in the same local edu22 cational agency costing not less than 

23 $25,000,000, consent to a project labor 

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1 (iv) Not hire employees through a 

2 temporary staffing agency unless the rel3 evant State workforce agency certifies that 

4 temporary employees are necessary to ad5 dress an acute, short-term labor demand. 

6 (v) Have an explicit neutrality policy 

7 on any issue involving the organization of 

8 employees of the contractor or subcon9 tractor, and all contractors and sub10 contractors, for purposes of collective bar11 gaining. 

12 (vi) For each project related to a 

13 healthy green retrofit or new construction 

14 of a school, demonstrate an ability to use 

15 and to commit to use individuals enrolled 

16 in a registered apprenticeship program who 

17 shall, to the greatest extent practicable, 

18 constitute not less than 20 percent of the 

19 individuals working on the project. 

20 (vii) To the greatest extent prac21 ticable, provide preferential treatment in 

22 hiring laborers and mechanics that are— 

23 (I) hired from within 50 miles of 

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1 (II) veterans or active or retired 

2 military; 

3 (III) highly skilled union work4 ers; or 

5 (IV) returning citizens who were 

6 formerly incarcerated individuals. 

7 (viii) Not require mandatory arbitra8 tion for any dispute involving a worker en9 gaged in a service for the contractor or 

10 subcontractor. 

11 (ix) Consider an individual performing 

12 any service under the grant as an em13 ployee, and not an independent contractor, 

14 of the contractor or subcontractor, respec15 tively, unless— 

16 (I) the individual is free from 

17 control and direction in connection 

18 with the performance of the service, 

19 both under the contract for the per20 formance of the service and in fact; 

21 (II) the service is performed out22 side the usual course of the business 

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1 (III) the individual is customarily 

2 engaged in an independently estab3 lished trade, occupation, profession, or 

4 business of the same nature as that 

5 involved in such service. 

6 (B) ACTION TO ENFORCE INDEPENDENT

7 CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENT.—A third party, 

8 including a State or local government, may 

9 bring an action in any court of competent juris10 diction to enforce the requirements of subpara11 graph (A)(ix). 

12 (2) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP.—To the greatest ex13 tent practicable, in carrying out a project funded by 

14 a grant under this section, grant recipients shall give 

15 preference to contractors or subcontractors that par16 ticipate in pre-apprenticeship programs that have 

17 written agreements with one or more registered ap18 prenticeship programs. 

19 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

21 appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants 

22 under subsection (b) $446,000,000,000 for the 10- 

23 fiscal-year period following the date of enactment of 

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1 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There are 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 

3 the administrative expenses of carrying out this sec4 tion such sums as are necessary. 

5 SEC. 103. RESOURCE BLOCK GRANTS. 

6 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award a 

8 grant to each qualified local educational agency with 

9 an approved application to enable the qualified local 

10 educational agency to bring additional eligible edu11 cators and support staff into elementary schools and 

12 secondary schools and establish community partner13 ships, and carry out other activities described in this 

14 section, with the goals of— 

15 (A) expanding social service programming; 

16 (B) developing locally designed and rooted 

17 educational programs; 

18 (C) developing and implementing trauma19 informed violence prevention strategies; 

20 (D) promoting safe, secure, and welcoming 

21 school and community environments; 

22 (E) strengthening the educator pipeline; 

23 (F) diversifying the workforce; 

24 (G) better integrating knowledge of the 

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1 (H) providing support, training, and career 

2 pathways for paraprofessionals. 

3 (2) CONSULTATION AND INTEGRATION.— 

4 (A) CONSULTATION BY THE SECRETARY.— 

5 The Secretary shall consult with States and In6 dian Tribes, as appropriate, in administering 

7 the grant program under this section. During 

8 such consultation, the Secretary shall strongly 

9 encourage the States to integrate the locally de10 signed and rooted educational programs, devel11 oped under paragraph (1) (as applicable), into 

12 State educational plans and activities, and to 

13 support, replicate, and disseminate such edu14 cational programs, as appropriate. 

15 (B) CONSULTATION BY LEAS.—A local 

16 educational agency that receives a grant under 

17 this section shall consult with the Secretary, the 

18 State educational agency, and Indian Tribes (as 

19 applicable) in implementing such grant. 

20 (3) ADDITIONAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN21 CIES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if funding 

22 under this section remains after the Secretary has 

23 awarded grants to each qualified local educational 

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1 needs of those agencies, the Secretary shall award 

2 grants under this section to other local educational 

3 agencies that are not qualified local educational 

4 agencies, in accordance with the priority require5 ments described in subsection (b)(3). 

6 (b) APPLICATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 

8 desiring a grant under this section shall submit an 

9 application to the Secretary, at such time, in such 

10 manner, and containing such information as the Sec11 retary may reasonably require, which shall include 

12 the following: 

13 (A) The resource allocation plan described 

14 in section 101. 

15 (B) A description of the local educational 

16 agency’s plan to attempt to hire eligible edu17 cators and support staff who, in accordance 

18 with section 101(b)(2)(C)— 

19 (i) reside in the same catchment area 

20 as students attending the school in which 

21 those eligible educators and support staff 

22 will work, or who previously attended the 

23 school in which the educators and staff will 

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1 (ii) reside in the same ZIP Code, or 

2 a neighboring ZIP Code, as the school in 

3 which the educators and staff will work. 

4 (C) An assurance that after the 10-year 

5 period during which grant funds will pay for 

6 the eligible educator and support staff positions 

7 described in this section, the local educational 

8 agency will— 

9 (i) retain those positions, and a de10 scription of the local educational agency’s 

11 plan to fund those positions after such pe12 riod; and 

13 (ii) attempt to maintain and continue 

14 to fund community partnerships supported 

15 by such grant, to the extent that the other 

16 entities in those partnerships desire to con17 tinue the activities supported with grant 

18 funds. 

19 (D) A description of the local educational 

20 agency’s plan to— 

21 (i) aim to meet target student-to-staff 

22 ratios of 12:1 for students in kindergarten 

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1 sional employed in the school whose work 

2 directly relates to education, including the 

3 eligible educators and support staff de4 scribed in this section); 

5 (ii) aim to place a lead teacher and 

6 paraprofessional in all prekindergarten 

7 through grade 3 classes; 

8 (iii) aim to hire at least 1 full-time 

9 equivalent school psychologist for every 

10 500 students, at least 1 full-time equiva11 lent school counselor for every 250 stu12 dents, and at least 1 full-time equivalent 

13 school social worker for every 250 students 

14 served by the agency; and 

15 (iv) where applicable, aim to shift spe16 cial educators from a caseload model to a 

17 workload analysis model to ensure suffi18 cient capacity and time to support stu19 dents. 

20 (E) A description of the local educational 

21 agency’s plan— 

22 (i) to progress toward ending the 

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1 sions, expulsions, and referrals to law en2 forcement; 

3 (ii) for progressing toward reallo4 cating resources spent on punishment to 

5 restorative justice practices; and 

6 (iii) to progress toward ending the use 

7 of seclusion, restraint, and corporal pun8 ishment. 

9 (2) APPROVAL.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap11 prove each application that meets the require12 ments of this section. 

13 (B) CONSULTATION AND TECHNICAL AS14 SISTANCE.—In the case of an application that 

15 does not meet such requirements, the Secretary 

16 shall— 

17 (i) consult with the local educational 

18 agency and shall provide technical assist19 ance, as necessary, to ensure that the local 

20 educational agency meets such require21 ments; and 

22 (ii) review and approve revised appli23 cations that meet such requirements. 

24 (3) PRIORITY.—If the Secretary awards grants 

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1 are not qualified local educational agencies, in ac2 cordance with subsection (a)(3), the Secretary shall 

3 give priority to local educational agencies that meet 

4 one of the following criteria: 

5 (A) Serving a percentage that is higher 

6 than the State median of students who are 

7 counted under section 1113(a)(5)(A) of the Ele8 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)(A)). 

10 (B) Serving a percentage that is higher 

11 than the State median of students who are chil12 dren with a disability. 

13 (C) Serving a percentage that is higher 

14 than the State median of students who are 

15 English learners. 

16 (D) Serving schools that have a per-pupil 

17 expenditure that is lower than the State median 

18 per-pupil expenditure. 

19 (c) QUALIFIED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—In 

20 this section, the term ‘‘qualified local educational agency’’ 

21 means— 

22 (1) a local educational agency that serves one 

or more schools that are ranked as one of the 1 23 ⁄3

24 most vulnerable schools in the United States, based 

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1 (2) a local educational agency that serves ele2 mentary schools or secondary schools that are in the 

bottom 1 3 ⁄3 of all schools in the State when ranked 

4 by student-to-staff ratios from lowest to highest ra5 tios based on the most recent data from the Na6 tional Center for Education Statistics; or 

7 (3) a BIE school or school funded by BIE. 

8 (d) USES OF FUNDS.— 

9 (1) SUPPORT FOR ELIGIBLE EDUCATORS AND

10 SUPPORT STAFF.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—A local educational 

12 agency receiving a grant under this section 

13 shall use not less than 80 percent of grant 

14 funds— 

15 (i) to hire, on a full-time basis, and 

16 pay the salaries of eligible educators and 

17 support staff described in subparagraph 

18 (B) for a period of 10 years; 

19 (ii) to increase the salaries of para20 professionals and promote paraprofes21 sionals who meet the requirements for pro22 motion; and 

23 (iii) to provide or facilitate access for 

24 paraprofessionals to affordable training by 

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1 colleges and local institutions of higher 

2 education, establishing tuition reimburse3 ment programs, or offering similar initia4 tives for training. 

5 (B) ELIGIBLE EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT

6 STAFF.—The eligible educators and support 

7 staff described in this subparagraph are— 

8 (i) paraprofessionals; 

9 (ii) mental health professionals, in10 cluding psychologists, therapists, and social 

11 workers; 

12 (iii) school counselors; 

13 (iv) librarians; 

14 (v) nurses; 

15 (vi) restorative justice specialists; 

16 (vii) community school site coordina17 tors; 

18 (viii) teachers, including special edu19 cation teachers; 

20 (ix) coordinators for culturally respon21 sive education; 

22 (x) facilities and food service workers; 

23 (xi) learning specialists, including 

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1 (xii) English as a Second Language 

2 instructors; 

3 (xiii) Native language and cultural 

4 specialists; and 

5 (xiv) staff to support other social serv6 ices programming. 

7 (2) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, EDUCATIONAL

8 PROGRAMMING, AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM9 MING.—In addition to carrying out the activities de10 scribed in paragraph (1), a local educational agency 

11 receiving a grant under this section shall use not 

12 less than 2.5 percent and not more than 20 percent 

13 of such funds for community partnerships, edu14 cational programming, social service programming, 

15 and violence prevention and school safety initiatives, 

16 which shall include one or more of the following: 

17 (A) Development of place-based and expe18 riential education and community-driven edu19 cational programs, with a focus on educational 

20 programs that affirm and explore the under21 lying principles of the Green New Deal, includ22 ing the significance of and the connections be23 tween racial, economic, and environmental and 

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1 impacts of climate change and socioeconomic 

2 injustice on youth mental health. 

3 (B) Programs and spaces that engage stu4 dents in hands-on, project-based learning across 

5 science, technology, engineering, arts, and 

6 mathematics instruction, as well as humanities 

7 instruction, in the scientific, technical, design, 

8 and social aspects of healthy green retrofits 

9 funded by the climate capital facilities grants 

10 under section 102, as well as of any other uses 

11 of those grants. 

12 (C) Spaces and programming to advance 

13 vocational and career and technical education, 

14 including project-based learning opportunities 

15 and advancing such education in partnership 

16 with career and technical education schools, 

17 community colleges, local institutions of higher 

18 education, community organizations, and pre19 apprenticeship programs, to prepare students 

20 for a wide range of careers related to address21 ing climate change. 

22 (D) Programming to support extra23 curricular, co-curricular, and community-based 

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1 and Native languages, college access centers, 

2 civic engagement clubs and activities, clubs and 

3 activities to support movement and connected4 ness to nature, early child care centers, and 

5 after-school and summer education program6 ming. 

7 (E) Creating or supporting a school-based 

8 youth peer support program. 

9 (F) Other partnerships with local commu10 nity organizations and social service providers 

11 to expand the scale and scope of on-site services 

12 in support of the resource allocation plan for 

13 the grant. 

14 (G) Training and professional development 

15 to advance trauma-informed, healing-centered 

16 learning models and practices, centering on the 

17 whole child and the child’s cognitive, emotional, 

18 and social needs, inclusive of culturally respon19 sive pedagogy. 

20 (H) Providing funding to establish or im21 prove libraries, child care centers, health offices, 

22 mental health and wellness centers, cafeteria 

23 and dining spaces, gymnasiums, studios and art 

24 spaces, outdoor green spaces, or job resource 

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1 local educational agency, which shall be oper2 ated by the local educational agency or the local 

3 educational agency in partnership with a non4 profit organization. 

5 (I) Website development and other commu6 nications to share and exchange knowledge and 

7 best practices. 

8 (J) Wellness, stress management, and 

9 mindfulness training. 

10 (K) Anti-racist and anti-hate educational 

11 programming. 

12 (L) Training for and implementation of re13 storative justice practices, including peer medi14 ation, restorative conferences, counseling, and 

15 peace circles for students as well as anti-bul16 lying initiatives. 

17 (M) Developing and implementing evi18 dence-based practices to support school safety 

19 that do not rely on the criminal justice system. 

20 (N) Developing and implementing evi21 dence-based, inclusive, and trauma-informed 

22 practices to prevent violence and improve school 

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1 cial and emotional learning programs, commu2 nity-integrated violence prevention program3 ming, and programs to ensure students have ac4 cess to one-on-one relationships with mentors or 

5 other caring adults. 

6 (O) Improving school capacity to identify, 

7 refer, and provide services to students and fam8 ilies in need of trauma support services or other 

9 social services, including with the appropriate 

10 technology and spaces to do so. 

11 (P) Technical assistance, including con12 tract templates, local data clearinghouses for 

13 best practices, and temporary staff to support 

14 finding and building initial partnerships to 

15 build the capacity to develop and sustain local 

16 partnerships with other knowledge centers in 

17 the community. 

18 (Q) Increased parent and student engage19 ment in learning. 

20 (R) Increased availability of translation to 

21 create accessible learning environments for 

22 English learners. 

23 (3) REQUIREMENT.—A local educational agency 

24 receiving a grant under this section shall ensure that 

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1 out activities under this subsection, such third2 party— 

3 (A) is located in the same catchment area 

4 as students attending the school in which they 

5 will work, or previously attended the school in 

6 which they will work; or 

7 (B) is located in a ZIP Code served by the 

8 local educational agency receiving the grant or 

9 in a neighboring ZIP Code. 

10 (4) PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—A local 

11 educational agency receiving a grant under this sec12 tion may not use grant funds for any of the fol13 lowing: 

14 (A) For measures that subject students to 

15 potential penalties imposed by law enforcement, 

16 unduly surveil students, or otherwise detract 

17 from a positive, inclusive, and welcoming school 

18 culture and environment. 

19 (B) For measures that would reduce the 

20 accessibility of the school environment for stu21 dents with disabilities. 

22 (e) WAGE AND LABOR ORGANIZATION REQUIRE23 MENTS.—Each local educational agency that receives 

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1 (1) ensure that eligible educators and support 

2 staff hired with the grant funds are paid wages in 

3 accordance with prevailing rates in the locality or 

4 any applicable collective bargaining agreement, and 

5 on a pathway with regular increases in pay; 

6 (2) ensure that such educators and staff are 

7 considered to be part of any existing (as of the date 

8 of the hiring) applicable bargaining unit of a labor 

9 organization and not considered to be executive em10 ployees or employees in other positions exempt from 

11 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

12 201 et seq.); and 

13 (3) if the local educational agency does not have 

14 such a bargaining unit, have an explicit neutrality 

15 policy, which covers such educators and staff, on any 

16 issue involving the organization of employees for 

17 purposes of collective bargaining. 

18 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

20 appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants 

21 under this section $250,000,000,000 for the 10-fis22 cal-year period following the date of enactment of 

23 this Act. 

24 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There are 

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1 the administrative expenses of carrying out this sec2 tion such sums as are necessary. 

3 SEC. 104. EDUCATIONAL EQUITY PLANNING GRANTS. 

4 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall facilitate 

6 an inclusive, regional equity planning process and 

7 award grants to eligible consortia to eliminate intra8 region education inequities by providing Federal 

9 funds to assist the eligible consortia in planning and 

10 carrying out regional education equity plans, in ac11 cordance with this section. 

12 (2) PLANNING GRANT.—The Secretary shall 

13 award a planning grant under this section, for a pe14 riod of not longer than 1 year, to each eligible con15 sortium with an approved application to enable the 

16 eligible consortium to develop a regional education 

17 equity plan. 

18 (3) IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.—The Secretary 

19 shall award an implementation grant under this sec20 tion to each eligible consortium with an approved re21 gional education equity plan to enable the consor22 tium to carry out activities to implement such plan. 

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1 politan or micropolitan statistical area and that have 

2 formed a regional consortium. 

3 (c) PROVISION OF DATA.—The Secretary, the Sec4 retary of Housing and Urban Development, the Adminis5 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 

6 Secretary of Transportation shall provide each eligible 

7 consortium that receives a planning grant under this sec8 tion with data relevant to that particular eligible consor9 tium about demographic trends, the spatial distribution of 

10 poverty, environmental hazards, and access to education, 

11 transportation, and economic opportunities across the con12 sortium’s region, to assist the eligible consortium in devel13 oping the regional education equity plan. 

14 (d) COMMUNITY OUTREACH.—Each eligible consor15 tium that receives a planning grant shall engage in exten16 sive community outreach to solicit comments from diverse 

17 stakeholders on issues related to education equity in the 

18 region of the consortium, as part of the process of devel19 oping the regional education equity plan. 

20 (e) REGIONAL EDUCATION EQUITY PLAN.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of the data de22 scribed in subsection (c) and completion of the out23 reach described in subsection (d), each eligible con24 sortium that receives a planning grant under this 

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1 outreach to develop a 5-year regional education eq2 uity plan. The regional education equity plan shall— 

3 (A) identify racial, class, gender, and dis4 ability-related inequities in education access 

5 within the region at the time of the plan’s de6 velopment; 

7 (B) identify the historic causes of those in8 equities; and 

9 (C) describe activities to redress those in10 equities. 

11 (2) EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.—The Secretary 

12 shall provide each eligible consortium receiving a 

13 planning grant under this section with an equity as14 sessment tool, which shall be a structured list of 

15 questions to guide the consortium in the develop16 ment of the regional education equity plan. The 

17 structured list of questions shall be developed in con18 sultation with representatives of impacted commu19 nities and education equity groups in a manner that 

20 aligns and is consistent with the principles entitled 

21 ‘‘Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing’’ and 

22 dated December 1996. 

23 (f) APPLICATION; EQUITY PLAN.— 

24 (1) APPLICATION.—Each eligible consortium 

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1 submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, 

2 in such manner, and containing such information as 

3 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

4 (2) EQUITY PLAN.—Each eligible consortium 

5 desiring an implementation grant under this section 

6 shall submit a regional education equity plan to the 

7 Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and con8 taining such information as the Secretary may rea9 sonably require, which shall include, at a minimum, 

10 the information described in subsection (e). If the 

11 Secretary does not approve the plan, the Secretary 

12 shall work with the eligible consortium and provide 

13 technical assistance to assist the eligible consortium 

14 in revising the regional education equity plan until 

15 the Secretary determines that such plan will be ap16 proved. 

17 (g) USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—An eli18 gible consortium receiving an implementation grant under 

19 this section shall— 

20 (1) distribute such grant funds to elementary 

21 schools and secondary schools that are served by 

22 local educational agencies in the eligible consortium 

23 in accordance with the regional education equity 

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1 (2) may use grant funds for resource sharing 

2 and the centralization of administration, planning, 

3 and procurement among the local educational agen4 cies in the consortium, with the aim of ensuring an 

5 equitable distribution of funding and staffing and 

6 equitable access to high-quality curricula and edu7 cational opportunities for students, including stu8 dents who are children with disabilities and low-in9 come students. 

10 (h) ACCOUNTABILITY.—An eligible consortium that 

11 receives an implementation grant under this section shall 

12 post on a publicly available website data about annual 

13 benchmarks that are achieved during the 5-year grant pe14 riod. 

15 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

17 appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 

18 for the 10-fiscal-year period following the date of en19 actment of this Act. 

20 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There are 

21 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 

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1 SEC. 105. IDEA FUNDING. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 part B of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education 

4 Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), $44,000,000,000 for each 

5 of the 10 fiscal years following the date of enactment of 

6 this Act. 

7 SEC. 106. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 

8 FUNDING. 

9 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu11 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), 

12 $74,000,000,000 for each of the 10 fiscal years following 

13 the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 TITLE II—CLIMATE CHANGE 

15 RESILIENCY 

16 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) COMMUNITY RESILIENCY CENTER.—The 

19 term ‘‘community resiliency center’’ means a center 

20 that provides community resources and improves dis21 aster preparedness, response, or recovery in the com22 munity and— 

23 (A) may conduct, or provide space for, tar24 geted activities such as helping reach commu25 nity members not well-served by existing re26 sources or preparedness programs, and serving 


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1 as a shelter or communications center in emer2 gencies, distributing food, energy and other 

3 basic needs during or after a disaster, providing 

4 trauma-informed care and mental health serv5 ices during or after a disaster, and enabling 

6 faster recovery through connecting community 

7 members with services; and 

8 (B) may distribute food, energy, or other 

9 basic needs on an ongoing basis. 

10 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.— 

11 The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 

12 a community with significant representation of com13 munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 

14 and indigenous communities that experiences, or is 

15 at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 

16 human health or environmental effects as compared 

17 to other communities. 

18 SEC. 202. CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY PROGRAM. 

19 The Secretary shall establish a Climate Change Resil20 iency Program to— 

21 (1) increase the resiliency of the United States 

22 public school system, BIE schools, and schools fund23 ed by BIE during— 

24 (A) climate change-related events and nat25 ural disasters, including extreme weather 


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1 events, droughts, hurricanes, coastal and inland 

2 flooding, sea level rise, increased storm surge, 

3 wildfires, mudslides, extreme temperatures, tor4 nadoes, earthquakes, and volcanos; and 

5 (B) public health crises; 

6 (2) increase the ability of the United States 

7 public school system, BIE schools, and schools fund8 ed by BIE to advance climate justice and environ9 mental justice by serving as community resiliency 

10 centers; 

11 (3) build partnerships among local businesses, 

12 labor unions, apprenticeship programs, nonprofit or13 ganizations, and educators to facilitate applied 

14 STEAM and social science learning opportunities re15 lated to climate resiliency for students and create 

16 local jobs; and 

17 (4) prioritize public educational institutions, 

18 BIE schools, and schools funded by BIE as centers 

19 of innovation and pathways to green collar jobs 

20 through investments in vocational and technical edu21 cation in public schools that connect to labor organi22 zation registered apprenticeships and other high23 road jobs. 


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1 SEC. 203. GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Climate Change 

3 Resiliency Program established under section 202, the 

4 Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to 

5 State educational agencies, in partnership with local edu6 cational agencies and local nonprofit organizations, for the 

7 development and implementation of statewide, regional, or 

8 local climate resiliency plans or climate resiliency projects 

9 for public elementary schools and secondary schools, BIE 

10 schools, and schools funded by BIE, with the aim of ena11 bling public schools to serve as community resiliency cen12 ters. 

13 (b) CLIMATE RESILIENCY PLANS AND PROJECTS.— 

14 Each climate resiliency plan or climate resiliency project 

15 under subsection (a) shall include 1 or more of the fol16 lowing depending on the needs of the schools and sur17 rounding communities to be served: 

18 (1) Improvements to school buildings and 

19 grounds, including projects such as— 

20 (A) installing on-site distributed generation 

21 that combines energy efficient devices, energy 

22 storage, and renewable energy to allow the 

23 school to access essential energy during power 

24 outages and optimize use of on-site and off-site 

25 energy sources for emissions reductions; 


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1 (B) upgrading school kitchen facilities to 

2 support the preparation of scratch-cooked stu3 dent meals that use whole ingredients and are 

4 rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole 

5 grains; 

6 (C) projects that generate and maintain 

7 publicly accessibly integrated sustainability data 

8 and building management platforms; 

9 (D) improving walkability and accessibility 

10 on school grounds and in all school buildings; 

11 (E) acquiring relevant disaster response 

12 equipment and carrying out disaster response 

13 training; 

14 (F) procuring electric school buses; 

15 (G) installing public charging infrastruc16 ture for electric school buses and electric vehi17 cles; 

18 (H) establishing or improving dedicated in19 frastructure for safe transportation by bicycle, 

20 including bicycle lanes and parking spots; 

21 (I) enhancing multi-modal access to sup22 port the needs of all students, families, and 

23 staff, whether they walk, bike, use transit, or 

24 use other means of transportation to and from 

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1 (J) establishing or improving vehicle speed 

2 reduction infrastructure; and 

3 (K) a project involving the installation of 

4 high-speed internet infrastructure, in coordina5 tion with the E-rate program of the Federal 

6 Communications Commission set forth under 

7 subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of Fed8 eral Regulations (or any successor regula9 tion)— 

10 (i) in order to provide universal inter11 net access for schools served by the grant12 ee, BIE schools, and schools funded by 

13 BIE; 

14 (ii) with an upload speed that allows 

15 for the full execution of activities related to 

16 virtual teaching and learning, including the 

17 access and use of interactive online learn18 ing modules and textbooks, online profes19 sional learning courses, videoconferencing, 

20 and assistive technology; 

21 (iii) including the ongoing costs asso22 ciated with providing that internet infra23 structure and access; 

24 (iv) with respect to which, schools are 

25 encouraged to partner with municipal and 


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1 other public or nonprofit entities to sup2 port internet access; and 

3 (v) with respect to which the school 

4 will ensure that all internet service pro5 viders with which the school contracts for 

6 the project include open access infrastruc7 ture. 

8 (2) Green infrastructure projects and projects 

9 to increase food supply resiliency, such as— 

10 (A) wetlands, drainage ponds, and any 

11 other green infrastructure to protect schools 

12 from projected severe effects with respect to ex13 treme weather, natural disasters, or climate 

14 change-related events, including sea-level rise, 

15 flooding, and increased risk of wildfire; 

16 (B) green rooftops and walls that meet the 

17 minimum performance standard specified within 

18 the Living Architecture Performance Tool 

19 (LAPT) rating system, implemented or com20 pleted in consultation with at least one Green 

21 Roof Professional (GRP) as accredited by the 

22 Green Roof Industry Association, particularly 

23 those that can provide temperature manage24 ment and air quality improvements and reduce 

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1 (C) indoor plantings, particularly those 

2 that can provide air quality improvements; 

3 (D) tree plantings and green playgrounds 

4 that, at appropriate times, can act as a green 

5 space for the community; 

6 (E) community gardens that may be used 

7 by the school to provide healthy food for stu8 dents or by the community to provide healthy 

9 food for community residents; 

10 (F) procurement of local, organic, and 

11 sustainably produced food, including a focus on 

12 healthy, plant-based options; and 

13 (G) large scale food composting operations, 

14 and other projects to reduce single-use plastic 

15 and promote zero-waste options. 

16 (3) Projects to enable remote learning in the 

17 event that a school building is unusable due to a 

18 natural disaster, climate- or climate-change related 

19 event, severe weather, or infectious disease out20 breaks. 

21 (4) Projects for climate resiliency education, in22 cluding STEAM and social science education and ca23 reer preparation, such as projects that combine up24 grades to school buildings and grounds with career 

25 and technical education opportunities. 


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1 (5) Any other type of plan or project carried 

2 out by the State educational agency that the Sec3 retary determines will increase the resiliency of a 

4 school or school infrastructure provided, operated, or 

5 owned by the State educational agency with respect 

6 to the events described in section 202(1). 

7 (c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall develop metrics 

8 to evaluate grant applications and give priority to applica9 tions for climate resiliency plans or climate resiliency 

10 projects that focus on improving schools in neighborhoods 

11 that experience low air quality, lack green space and 

12 healthy food, bear higher cumulative pollution burdens, or 

13 are at high risk of experiencing the adverse effects of cli14 mate change. 

15 (d) COMPONENTS.—The Secretary, directly or 

16 through partnerships with States and nonprofit organiza17 tions, shall provide technical assistance to support grant18 ees in developing and implementing climate resiliency 

19 plans or climate resiliency projects that— 

20 (1) provide hands-on education and applied 

21 STEAM and social science learning opportunities to 

22 students; 

23 (2) demonstrate a commitment to provide job 

24 training, registered apprenticeship programs, and 

25 contracting opportunities to residents and small 


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1 businesses owned by residents of the community that 

2 the school serves; 

3 (3) identify and further community priority ac4 tions and conduct robust community engagement; 

5 (4) utilize climate change and community 

6 health data for proactive solutions; 

7 (5) employ nature-based solutions that focus on 

8 protection, restoration, or management of ecological 

9 systems to safeguard public health, provide clean air 

10 and water, increase natural hazard resilience, and 

11 sequester carbon; 

12 (6) increase equitable outcomes for and support 

13 strong partnerships with environmental justice com14 munities and climate vulnerable populations; 

15 (7) achieve broad and multiple community ben16 efits; and 

17 (8) monitor project success and maintaining the 

18 project into the future. 

19 (e) EXISTING INITIATIVES.—The Secretary may en20 courage and give priority to climate resiliency plans or cli21 mate resiliency projects that integrate with and inform ex22 isting sustainability initiatives, such as the Department of 

23 Education Green Ribbon Schools program. 

24 (f) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.—The Secretary may 

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1 porting of environmental health best practices and other 

2 outcomes. 

3 (g) COORDINATION.— 

4 (1) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND

5 AGRICULTURE.—The Secretary shall coordinate with 

6 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

7 Agency and the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 

8 technical guidance or assistance to State educational 

9 agencies in designing and carrying out climate resil10 iency plans or climate resiliency projects funded by 

11 the grant program as they relate to healthy schools. 

12 (2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—The Secretary 

13 shall coordinate with the Secretary of Energy to de14 velop metrics to evaluate grant applications and pro15 vide technical assistance to State and local edu16 cational agencies in designing and carrying out cli17 mate resiliency plans or climate resiliency projects. 

18 (h) PARTNERS.—A recipient of a grant under this 

19 section to carry out a project described in subsection 

20 (b)(1)(K) shall, to the extent practicable, partner with 

21 local government and other public or nonprofit entities to 

22 support internet access, and all service providers shall use 

23 open access infrastructure. 

24 (i) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES.—The 

25 Secretary shall ensure that not less than 50 percent of 


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1 funds awarded under this section are used for projects lo2 cated in environmental justice communities. 

3 (j) WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, all laborers and mechanics em6 ployed by contractors and subcontractors on projects 

7 funded directly by a grant under this section shall 

8 be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing 

9 on projects of a similar character in the locality, as 

10 determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance 

11 with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

12 States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Davis13 Bacon Act’’). 

14 (2) AUTHORITY.—With respect to the labor 

15 standards specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

16 of Labor shall have the authority and functions set 

17 forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 

18 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of 

19 title 40, United States Code. 

20 (k) USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC21 TURED PRODUCTS.— 

22 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

23 (A) MANUFACTURED PRODUCT.—The term 

24 ‘‘manufactured product’’ means any construc25 tion material or end product (as those terms 


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1 are defined in part 25.003 of the Federal Ac2 quisition Regulation) that is not an iron or steel 

3 product, including— 

4 (i) electrical components; and 

5 (ii) non-ferrous building materials, in6 cluding aluminum, polyvinylchloride, glass, 

7 fiber optics, plastic, wood, masonry, rub8 ber, manufactured stone, any other non9 ferrous metals, and any unmanufactured 

10 construction material. 

11 (B) PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.— 

12 The term ‘‘produced in the United States’’ 

13 means the following: 

14 (i) When used with respect to a man15 ufactured product, the product was manu16 factured in the United States and the cost 

17 of the components of that product that 

18 were mined, produced, or manufactured in 

19 the United States exceeds 60 percent of 

20 the total cost of all components of the 

21 product. 

22 (ii) When used with respect to iron or 

23 steel products, or an individual component 

24 of a manufactured product, all manufac25 turing processes for those iron or steel 


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1 products or components, from the initial 

2 melting stage through the application of 

3 coatings, occurred in the United States, ex4 cept that the term does not include— 

5 (I) steel or iron material or prod6 ucts manufactured abroad from semi7 finished steel or iron from the United 

8 States; or 

9 (II) steel or iron material or 

10 products manufactured in the United 

11 States from semi-finished steel or iron 

12 of foreign origin. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A State that receives 

14 funds under this section shall ensure that any iron, 

15 steel, and manufactured products used in a project 

16 carried out with those funds are produced in the 

17 United States. 

18 (3) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

20 waive the requirement under paragraph (2) if 

21 the Secretary determines that— 

22 (i) applying the requirement would be 

23 inconsistent with the public interest; 

24 (ii) iron, steel, and manufactured 

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1 not produced in a sufficient and reasonably 

2 available quantity or are not of a satisfac3 tory quality; or 

4 (iii) using iron, steel, and manufac5 tured products produced in the United 

6 States will increase the cost of the applica7 ble overall project by more than 25 per8 cent. 

9 (B) PUBLICATION.—Before issuing a waiv10 er under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 

11 publish in the Federal Register a detailed writ12 ten explanation of the waiver determination. 

13 (4) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL

14 AGREEMENTS.—This subsection shall be applied in a 

15 manner consistent with the obligations of the United 

16 States under international agreements. 

17 SEC. 204. REPORT. 

18 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 

20 submit to Congress a report that evaluates the effective21 ness of the activities carried out under this title. 

22 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro24 priated to the Department of Education to carry out this 


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1 title $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 

2 2034. 

3 (b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of the 

4 funds appropriated to carry out this title shall be used 

5 for projects described in section 203(b)(3). 

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