Roll Call Votes:
- Cruz SA #2180 (state-determined assessment); not agreed to: 40-58
- Sanders SA #2177 (youth jobs) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to: 43-55
- Coons SA #2243 (American Dream accounts) (60-vote threshold); agreed to: 68-30
- Burr SA #2247, as modified (formula); agreed to: 59-39
- Brown SA #2100 (full-service community schools grant); agreed to 53-44
- Casey SA #2242 (universal pre-k) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to 45-52
- Motion to invoke cloture on S.1177, Every Child Achieves Act; agreed to: 79-18
- Passage of S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act; passed: 81-17
Legislative Business
Agreed to the following by Voice Vote:
- Hatch SA #2082 (early learning)
- Warren SA #2106 (literacy development)
- Schatz SA #2130 (assessments)
- Murphy SA #2186 (Promise Neighborhoods program)
- Nelson SA #2215, as modified (STEM)
- Manchin SA #2222 (substance abuse)
- Boozman SA #2231 (postsecondary education and workforce preparation)
- Baldwin SA #2188 (needs of all levels of schooling)
- Capito SA #2156 (State report card data)
- Thune SA #2232 (Project SERV grants)
- King SA #2256 (eligible tech and tech readiness)
- Schatz SA #2240 (Native American language)
- Warren SA #2249 (cross-tabulation of student data)
- Peters SA #2095 (financial literacy)
- Alexander SA #2089 (substitute)
Passed by voice vote S. 192, Older Americans Act
Discharged Finance and passed S.139, Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015
Began the rule 14 process to place HR 3038, the House passed Highway extension through December 18, 2015
No Executive Business