Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California State Legislature did something really, really right this year. In the new state budget, they included landmark funding for arts education. An estimated $105 million will go to school districts statewide to bring arts into our schools. That amount is thought to be the largest amount
ever dedicated specifically to arts education by a state.
Funding for arts education in California has been in a
downward spiral. This ongoing funding is an ambitious step toward reversing the trend.
Many schools that currently offer no arts, or very little, will now be able to bring programs like Streetside, as well as art teachers and supplies, to their youth.
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