Positive outlook for Arts Education in California

The new state budget — the last one signed by Governor Jerry Brown — has over $50 million more for funding arts and arts education including $44 million in one-time funding for Arts Education.

"I think it's a very very clear message from the governor's office that the arts make a difference, that the arts can help communities meet challenges and develop solutions to some of the really tough problems we have going on — climate change, mass incarceration, health care needs, school bullying, racial profiling," Bown-Crawford said.
Landon said he thinks the allocation shows "the legislature intends to live up to the commitment of our state education code" and marks "a moment of in our journey of bringing arts back to the core of education."

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