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.
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