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Shown Here: Introduced in House (03/11/2019)
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 1676 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1676
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand
access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 11, 2019
Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Payne, Mr.
Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Titus, Mr. Engel,
Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Norton, Mr. Crist, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Matsui,
Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Tonko, Mr.
Vela, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Peters, Mr. McGovern, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Ms.
Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr.
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Wild, Mrs. Lowey, Ms.
Moore, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Raskin, Ms.
Pingree, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Clarke of New
York, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Correa, Mr. Pallone, and Ms.
McCollum) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand
access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guarantee Access to Arts and Music
Education Act of 2019'' or the ``GAAME Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO ARTS EDUCATION.
Section 1114(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended--
(1) in subclauses (IV) and (V), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(VI) sequential, standards-based
arts education taught by certified arts
educators (as defined by the State) and
community arts providers to meet the
challenging academic standards; and''.
SEC. 3. SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION.
Section 1114(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)), as amended by
section (2), is further amended by inserting after subclause (VI) the
following:
``(VII) sequential, standards-based
music education that is aligned to
challenging state academic standards
and is taught by certified music
educators (as defined by the State);
and''.
SEC. 4. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``well-rounded
education;'' and inserting the following: ``well-rounded education,
such as--
``(i) programmatic assistance for students
to participate in arts programs that address
their academic needs (including support for
certified arts educators (as defined by the
State), arts educator professional development,
supplies, and other expenses associated with
instruction in the arts); and''.
SEC. 5. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR MUSIC EDUCATION.
Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)), as amended by section 4, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) programmatic assistance for students
to participate in music programs that address
their academic needs (including support for
certified music educators, music educator
professional development, instruments, sheet
music, and other expenses associated with music
instruction);''.
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