I 
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. GRI-
JALVA, 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. PIN-
GREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RA-
MIREZ, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green New Deal for 
Public Schools Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, in this Act: 
(1) BIE TERMS.—The terms ‘‘BIE schools’’ 
and ‘‘schools funded by BIE’’ means— 
(A) schools and dormitories operated by 
the Bureau of Indian Education; 
(B) schools and dormitories operated pur-
suant to a grant under the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); 
and 
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(C) schools and dormitories operated pur-
suant to a contract under the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘child with a 
disability’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘English learner’’, 
‘‘paraprofessional’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) CDC SVI.—The term ‘‘CDC SVI’’ means 
the Social Vulnerability Index of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, which is a com-
posite indicator that includes poverty rate and other 
variables and is based on the most recent data avail-
able from the American Community Survey. 
(4) CLIMATE JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘climate jus-
tice’’ means the fair treatment and meaningful in-
volvement of all people, regardless of race, color, cul-
ture, national origin, or income, with respect to the 
development, implementation, and enforcement of 
policies and projects to ensure that each person en-
joys the same degree of protection from the adverse 
effects of climate change. 
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