I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 58 
To promote green schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. CARNEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote green schools. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Schools Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GREEN SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency shall establish a program 
for making grants of up to $10,000 per project to local 
educational agencies for projects for green school con-
struction and improvements. 
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(b) MATCHING FUNDS.—A grant shall be made for 
a project under subsection (a) only if at least 50 percent 
of the costs of the project will be paid from non-Federal 
sources. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘green school construction and im-
provements’’ means construction methods, systems, 
technologies, or facility improvements that create a 
healthy learning environment while saving natural 
resources and money, including— 
(A) sustainable site improvements; 
(B) water conservation strategies or sys-
tems; 
(C) energy conservation strategies or sys-
tems; 
(D) sustainable materials, including low- 
emitting, reused, recycled, regionally harvested, 
and rapidly renewable materials; and 
(E) strategies or systems that improve in-
door environmental quality, including improve-
ments to acoustics, ventilation, thermal com-
fort, daylighting, and mold prevention; and 
(2) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 9101 of the Ele-
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mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency for carrying out this 
section $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2013. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND GREENING OF QUALIFIED ZONE 
ACADEMY BONDS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (1) of 54E(c) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to national limita-
tion) is amended by striking ‘‘2008 and 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each of calendar years 2008 through 2013’’. 
(b) GREENING.—Paragraph (3) of section 54E(d) of 
such Code (defining qualified purpose) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘In the case of bonds issued after the date of the 
enactment of this sentence, any rehabilitation, re-
pair, or provision of equipment shall be treated as 
a qualified purpose only if such rehabilitation, re-
pair, or provision, as the case may be, is described 
in section 2(c) of the Green Schools Act, as in effect 
on such date.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued after De-
cember 31, 2008. 
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