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The bill expands access to higher-quality, standards-based arts and music education—especially for Title I and other underserved students—but does so by reallocating limited federal and local resources, raising staffing and cost challenges, and imposing new administrative and definitional limits on,
K–12 students in Title I, schoolwide, targeted-assistance, and schools with improvement plans gain increased access to sequential, standards-based arts and music instruction.
Students and schools benefit from instruction by state-recognized / state-certified arts and music teachers and from federally funded professional development, improving instructional quality.
Low-income students and families face lower out-of-pocket barriers because Title I and targeted-assistance funds can purchase instruments, materials, and music technology.
Students eligible for Title I, targeted-assistance, or schoolwide services may lose access to core academic interventions (reading/math) if limited federal funds are shifted to arts or music programs.
Local school districts and taxpayers may face materially higher costs to hire or certify enough state-recognized arts and music teachers and to purchase curriculum, instruments, and technology.
Smaller and rural schools may struggle to recruit certified arts/music teachers or community providers, meaning mandates may not translate into actual access for students in those communities.
Requires K–12 schools to provide sequential, standards-based arts and music instruction delivered by certified arts and music teachers (or approved community providers) and expands allowable uses of Title I targeted assistance funds to pay for arts and music programs, educators, materials, and professional development. It defines "arts" to include dance, media arts, theater, and visual arts and aligns music instruction with State academic standards. Changes add arts and music access into school improvement planning under the Every Student Succeeds Act and explicitly permit Title I targeted assistance funds to support participation, instruction, materials, instruments, and teacher training for arts and music education, affecting schools, districts, and State education agencies that implement federal K–12 programs.
Introduced March 5, 2026 by Nydia M. Velázquez · Last progress March 5, 2026