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          Date of Hearing:  March 23, 2015 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          SCR  
          14 (Fuller) - As Amended February 18, 2015


          SENATE VOTE:   32-0


          SUBJECT:  Arts Education Month.


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims March 2015 to be Arts Education Month and  
          encourages all elected officials to participate with their  
          educational communities in celebrating the arts.  Specifically,  
          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 prekindergarten, kindergarten, and  
            grades 1 to 12, inclusive.


          2)Pupils benefit from arts learning in the areas of cultural  
            understanding, readiness for learning and creative thinking,  
            cognitive outcomes, emotional intelligence and expression,  
            social interaction and collaboration, and preparation for the  
            workplace and lifelong learning.


          3)The arts are crucial to achieving a state educational policy  








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            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. 


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file




          Opposition


          None on file




          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916)  
          319-2800














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