PSI Sci
New here? Follow the money and the votes · Not sure of your district? Find your U.S. House member · Find your state legislators

H.R. 4442: Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021

Before you vote › Federal bills

H.R. 4442: Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-16 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

federal

Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021

Plain summary

Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021 This bill provides environmental and educational resources to public elementary and secondary schools and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to provide climate capital facilities grants to eligible entities (e.g., public schools and BIE schools). Grant recipients must use these funds to construct new, or convert existing facilities into, healthy zero-carbon schools. Healthy zero-carbon school refers to a school with highly energy-efficient facilities that produce or procure sufficient carbon-free and pollution-free renewable energy to meet the school's needs. Next, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award resource block grants to qualified local educational agencies (LEAs) to hire and retain educators and support staff in high-need schools. ED must award grants to eligible consortia of LEAs for educational equity planning and implementation. In addition, ED must establish the Climate Change Resiliency Program to increase the resiliency of public and BIE schools during climate change-related events, natural disasters, and public health crises. Further, ED must establish a related grant program for state educational agencies. Grant recipients must use these funds for certain activities (e.g., green infrastructure projects). The bill establishes the Office of Sustainable Schools within ED to (1) administer the resource block grant and educational equity grant programs, and (2) coordinate with DOE and the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy on climate capital facilities grants and the Climate Change Resiliency Program.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes

Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · 70 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Mark Takano (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 10 more.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Words on this page, explained (1)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4442 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117