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August 16, 2006
The path to California's $500 million for arts education
The Music for All blog tracks the efforts and political forces that led to California's astounding public investment in K-12 arts education -- including $105 million in annual block grants for arts and music education, and a one-time, $500 million capital allocation for the purchase of sports, arts, and music equipment.
The new state budget is 500 million miles away from its position a few short years ago, when California appeared to be gutting its public arts infrastructure.
The weblog offers a few lessons learned from the coordinated effort to boost state arts funding. Worth a read if you want to nudge your governor to go the way of Arnold.
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Unbelievable, in a great way. As a native Californian, I am proud to say that Arnold Schwarzenegger is my governor. I may have to rent "Pumping Iron" tonight...
Derek Kwan on August 16, 2006 1:28 PM