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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Smarts News on the arts


Speak up for arts education today
On May 25, 2011 the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, by a vote of 23-16, approved the "Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act" (HR 1891). This new piece of federal legislation terminates 42 federal education programs, including the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. This bill is more serious than the annual funding measures that threaten to de-fund arts education, as HR 1891 permanently strips policy language out of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that allows the Arts in Education program to be funded each year. 

To find out about critical federal legislation that impacts arts education funding, visit the Americans for the Arts' Action Center.
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