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Arts and Music in Schools
On November 8, 2022, California voters approved Proposition 28: The Arts and Music in Schools (AMS) Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act. The measure required the state to establish a new, ongoing program supporting arts instruction in schools beginning in 2023–24.
The legislation allocates 1 percent of the kindergarten through grade twelve (K–12) portion of the Proposition 98 funding guarantee provided in the prior fiscal year, excluding funding appropriated for the AMS education program. Local educational agencies (LEAs) with 500 or more students are required to ensure that at least 80 percent of AMS funds to be expended are used to employ certificated or classified employees to provide arts education program instruction. The remaining funds must be used for training, supplies and materials, and arts educational partnership programs, with no more than 1 percent of funds received to be used for an LEA’s administrative expenses.
Elementary 2023-24 Progress
Elementary 2023-24 Progress
Elementary 2023-24 Progress
Principal consensus was reached in March 2023 regarding how to use pooled funds to enhance and add to Arts Education programs. Six (6) Full-time music teachers and additional music assistants. K-3 primary music is now offered in all 3 trimesters; in 22-23, it
was only offered 2 trimesters.
was only offered 2 trimesters.
Secondary 2023-24 Progress
Secondary 2023-24 Progress
Secondary 2023-24 Progress
School sites have added additional VAPA teaching sections and instructional assistants. 14 secondary schools have hired additional VAPA staff, totaling 26 new sections of VAPA classes. Schools have also used funds for instructional supplies, educational partnership
field trips, and teacher training opportunities.
field trips, and teacher training opportunities.
Arts and Music in School Annual Reports