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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 14
Author: Fuller (R) and Allen (D)
Introduced:2/18/15
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Arts Education Month
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims March 2015 to be Arts
Education Month and encourages all elected officials to
participate with their educational communities in celebrating
the arts.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Arts education, which includes dance, music, theatre, and the
visual arts, is an essential and integral part of basic
education for all pupils in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten,
and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
2.The arts are crucial to achieving a state educational policy
that is devoted to the teaching of basic academic skills and
lifelong learning capacities with the goal of truly preparing
all children for success after high school regardless of
gender, age, economic status, physical ability, or learning
ability.
3.Arts education in California is mandated for pupils in grades
1 to 12, inclusive, by Education Code Sections 51210 and 51220
to provide that the adopted course of study shall include
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instruction in visual and performing arts, including
instruction in the subjects of dance, music, theatre, and
visual arts, aimed at the development of aesthetic
appreciation and the skills of creative expression. Also, the
arts are recognized as part of a quality education, and the
University of California and the California State University
have instituted a policy that includes visual and performing
arts as college preparatory subjects for all high school
pupils wishing to enter California's institutions of higher
education.
4.Many national and state professional arts education
associations hold celebrations in the month of March, giving
California schools a unique opportunity to focus on the value
of the arts for all pupils, to foster cross-cultural
understanding, to give recognition to the state's outstanding
young artists, and to enhance public support for this
essential part of the curriculum.
This resolution proclaims the month of March 2015 as Arts
Education Month and encourages all elected officials to
participate with their educational communities in celebrating
the arts with meaningful activities and programs for pupils,
teachers, and the public that demonstrate learning and
understanding in the visual and performing arts, and urges all
residents to become interested in and give full support to
quality school arts programs for children and youth.
Prior Legislation
ACR 12 (Calderon, Resolution Chapter 15, Statutes of 2013)
proclaimed the month of March 2013 as Arts Education Month.
ACR 25 (Campos, Resolution Chapter 12, Statutes of 2011)
proclaimed the month of March 2011 as Arts Education Month.
ACR 26 (Davis, Resolution Chapter 44, Statutes of 2009)
proclaimed the month of March 2009 as Arts Education Month.
FISCAL EFFECT: Fiscal Com.: No
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Prepared by:Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
2/25/15 15:39:21
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