BILL NUMBER: AB 2807 CHAPTERED 09/12/02 CHAPTER 497 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 27, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 16, 2002 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Firebaugh FEBRUARY 25, 2002 An act to amend Sections 8813 and 8820 of the Education Code, relating to arts education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2807, Firebaugh. Arts education. Existing law, until January 1, 2003, provides for the Local Arts Education Partnership Program, a program that develops a locally based approach to arts education improvement by using existing community arts resources in a planned and coordinated way to strengthen basic arts skills in the state's public schools. This bill would extend the date of repeal to January 1, 2008. The bill would, in addition, make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 8813 of the Education Code is amended to read: 8813. (a) Each eligible local arts agency may apply for a grant of up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year for the development, implementation, and review of an arts education program. Each grant application shall be preceded by a letter of intent to file that application submitted by the local arts agency on or before the January 1 immediately preceding the fiscal year for which grant funding is requested. Each eligible local arts agency shall include in its letter of intent an authorization to make application to this program from the county board of supervisors if the agency is a county agency or designated by the county board of supervisors, or from the city council if the agency is an agency of the city or is designated by the city. If the local arts agency is neither designated by, nor a department of, either city or county government, then it shall include authorization by its board of trustees authorizing the agency to make application under this program. (b) Each grant application shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A plan for the proposed arts education program that meets all of the following criteria: (A) The plan has been approved by resolution of the governing board of each participating school district or by the county board of education. (B) The plan includes an assessment of the needs of public schools included in the partnership located within the jurisdiction of the local arts agency that is consistent with the guidelines for those assessments developed by the State Department of Education in consultation with the California Arts Council. The plan shall evidence appropriate participation by local citizens that are representative of the ethnic and cultural composition of the county. (C) The plan shall describe a comprehensive arts education program that conforms to the tenets of the state's adopted curriculum framework for visual and performing arts as published by the State Department of Education in Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade 12, and shall include instruction in the four disciplines of dance, drama and theatre, music, and the visual arts for all pupils. The plan may also include other arts disciplines, including folk arts, film, video, and the writing of plays, scripts, and poetry. (D) The plan proposes the use of community arts resources, including, but not limited to, professional artists, arts specialists, performing artists and companies, museums, nonprofit art galleries, institutions of higher education, resident artists organizations, and any program of the local arts agency or general community resources that provide arts education services, instruction, workshops, performances, or demonstrations. (E) The plan provides for a local steering committee comprised of not less than 10, nor more than 13, members selected from professional artists, arts educators, administrators, teachers, arts organizations, school board members, and other citizens, to include the following members reflecting a balance between the education and the arts communities: (i) One representative of the local arts agency. (ii) Two professional artists. (iii) One representative of a local educational agency. (iv) Two teachers, including one from the local educational agency. (v) Two arts specialists. (vi) One community representative at large. (vii) One representative of an institution of higher education, who shall be either a faculty member in the visual and performing arts or arts education or have had prior experience in these two areas. (F) The plan describes school needs, program goals, and a process for screening community arts resources. The fiscal procedures and pay rates shall be in accordance with standards established by the California Arts Council. Any of the community arts resources described in subparagraph (D) shall be eligible for a program grant if it demonstrates high quality arts performance, production, or instruction. (G) The plan shall include an appropriate orientation for artists and teachers in participating schools. (H) The plan shall include a staff development program which accounts for at least 10 percent of the overall budget for the plan, but not more than 20 percent of the overall budget for all public school teachers participating in the program pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 44670) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 44680) of Chapter 3.1 of Part 28 and under the California Arts Project, as established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 65. For the purposes of this paragraph, a teacher is participating in the program if he or she instructs a class that will have more than 10 hours of direct contact with a community arts representative. (I) The plan shall include a description of how funding for the staff development programs described in subparagraph (H) shall be used in providing services to teachers. The local education agency shall use the services of the California Arts Project established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 65 and shall consult with at least one of the following entities in developing the staff development plans: a county office of education, an arts agency, an arts provider, a professional arts association, or an institution of higher education. (J) The plan shall also assess the arts education of homeless children, children with special needs, children at risk, school dropouts, and the children of migrant workers who may not be attending class regularly. It is the intent of the Legislature that special supplementary funds, not to exceed 10 percent of the total state dollars, shall be appropriated for this purpose. Arts education delivered pursuant to this paragraph shall be exempt from the matching requirements described in Section 8814. (2) A proposed budget for expenditure of the grant, which shall be submitted on a form developed by the California Arts Council for that purpose. (3) A section demonstrating how the proposal furthers the implementation of the model curriculum standards set forth in Section 51226, the Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve published by the State Department of Education, or the implementation or operation of specialized secondary programs pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 58800) of Part 31. (4) A section designating the source of all local matching funds, as described in Section 8814. SEC. 2. Section 8820 of the Education Code is amended to read: 8820. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2008, and, as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends that date.