Statement from UndauntedK12 Co-Founders on the House Budget Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1)

May 22, 2025

With the passage of H.R. 1, the House of Representatives will squander years of investment in America’s clean energy future and with it opportunities for generations of students and all of our schools.

Thanks to energy tax credits, over 6.2 million children now attend a solar-powered school. Solar allows schools to leverage their 8.1 billion square feet of buildings and 1 million acres of land to produce their own energy. This reduces strain on the electricity grid at a time when data centers are demanding more power. And the savings from switching to affordable solar energy pays for teacher salaries, the next facilities improvement project, even new uniforms. Schools facing financial challenges turn to solar to help solve the problem.

Today, students in all 50 states can consider a future as one of almost 300,000 workers in the solar and energy storage industry. Students in all communities from Morgantown, West Virginia to Rogers, Minnesota to Tucson, Arizona have an opportunity to be part of America’s leadership in clean energy and right in their own communities.

The House's disastrous H.R. 1 would bring this opportunity for our students and our schools – but also our homes, our businesses, our municipalities, our houses of worship, our rural cooperatives – to a halt.

We urge the Senate to reject these harmful provisions and preserve the full strength of the energy tax credits that are helping schools contribute to America’s energy independence and providing students with opportunities to build a stronger, healthier America.

— Jonathan Klein and Sara Ross, Co-Founders, UndauntedK12