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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 112
Author: Fuller (R), et al.
Introduced:2/18/16
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Arts Education Month
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims March 2016 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 prekindergarten, kindergarten, and
grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
2)A systematic, substantive, and sequential visual and
performing arts curriculum addresses and develops ways of
thinking, questioning, expression, and learning that
complement learning in other core subjects, but that is unique
in what it has to offer.
3)Throughout the last 10 years, arts education programs have
enjoyed significant investments by the State of California and
continue to see support by the Legislature. This funding is
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the first step in investing in quality visual and performing
arts programs for all California pupils.
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 2016 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.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified2/29/16)
California Alliance for Arts Education
OPPOSITION: (Verified2/29/16)
None received
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Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
3/2/16 15:36:03
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