When the United States Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 on July 16, 2015, a proposed resolution acknowledging the scientific evidence for climate change and affirming the importance of climate science education was not included.
The resolution (SA 2175), proposed by Edward Markey (D-Massachussetts), described the scientific evidence for human-induced climate change as "overwhelming and undeniable" and affirmed that "instruction in climate science is important for all students and should not be prohibited by any unit of State or local government."
The resolution never reached the Senate floor. Two further amendments concerning climate change education were proposed, but as NCSE previously reported, one (SA 2176) was rejected on a floor vote and one (SA 2144) was withdrawn without a vote.