Bill funds $796 billion to fix schools in poor areas.
H.R. 9959 — Green New Deal for Public Schools Act · Filed by Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · 17 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives $446 billion to fix and build schools. Schools must handle climate change and use zero carbon. It gives $250 billion to hire teachers and school staff. Schools get ranked by poverty and pollution they face. The bill requires fair pay and lets unions stay neutral.
Who it affects
Students and families in poor school districts get the most help. Teachers and school workers get jobs with fair pay. Construction companies and energy companies do the work.
One thing to notice
The bill pays for teachers for ten years. After that, schools must pay them with their own money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
17 cosponsors: 17 Democrats.
- Jul 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- zero carbon — Does not make pollution that harms the air or climate.
- fair pay — Wages that workers in a trade or job usually earn.
- unions — Groups of workers who join together to protect their jobs.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Aug 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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