A message from the California Alliance for Arts Education:
Thank you for your quick and powerful response to our action alert. In just three days, 770 advocates wrote to the 19 members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee resulting in over 14,000 messages opposing AB 2446!
Good News: On Wednesday, April 21, 2010 the Committee voted to delay making a decision on AB 2446, by placing it on the suspense calendar. A final decision on the bill will be made in mid-May.
In the news: Opinion leaders are picking up on our message. On Monday, Richard Kessler (a self-described "Big supporter of career and technical education) described AB 2446 as "completely backwards to a 21st century career and technical education." On Wednesday LA Times Art Critic Christopher Knight's wrote about the flaws of this "foolish bill."
Help us continue the fight: Share the articles above with your friends and networks. Be ready to act when the bill comes up for a vote in May. We'll be contacting you again soon with next steps for opposing this bill.
The California Alliance for Arts Education
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Important Message From Califorinia Alliance for Arts Education
Unfortunately, the Assembly Education Committee voted to support Assembly Bill 2446 (Furutani), which significantly undermines access to arts education. On Wednesday, it will go to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
We Need to Stop this Legislation NOW.
The bill would diminish the number of students benefitting from arts education by adding career technical education as an alternative to the existing graduation requirement. While we support efforts to create pathways to the workforce for students, it must not be at the expense of arts education. Arts education contributes to higher test scores across all subjects and reduces truancy and dropout rates for all students, not just those who have identified the arts as a career.
Deliver a strong message of opposition to Speaker of the Assembly John Perez, to the bill's author, Warren Furutani, and to members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Click here to send your message!
We Need to Stop this Legislation NOW.
The bill would diminish the number of students benefitting from arts education by adding career technical education as an alternative to the existing graduation requirement. While we support efforts to create pathways to the workforce for students, it must not be at the expense of arts education. Arts education contributes to higher test scores across all subjects and reduces truancy and dropout rates for all students, not just those who have identified the arts as a career.
Deliver a strong message of opposition to Speaker of the Assembly John Perez, to the bill's author, Warren Furutani, and to members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Click here to send your message!
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