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| California Arts Advocates Action Alert June 25, 2004 Legislators are optimistic about passing a balanced state budget and sending it to the Governor's desk by next Thursday's official deadline. Take Action: Write Governor Schwarzenegger today and urge him to sign a budget that includes $6 million for the California Department of Education Arts Work Visual and Performing Arts Education Program. Budget Item: Arts Education Funding 6110-177-0001 Send to: The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 FAX: (916) 445-4633 To e-mail your comments, visit http://www.govmail.ca.gov/ Please send copies to California Arts Advocates E-mail calartsadvocates@cpits.org FAX: (916) 979-1116 Address: 1333 Balboa #3, San Francisco, CA 94118 and to your Assemblymember and Senator To find contact information, visit http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html Scroll down to read California Art Advocates letter to Governor Schwarzenegger. Thank you for your continued support for Arts Education and all of the Arts serving California. Grassroots advocacy is working! Sincerely, Lisa Lisa Cullen Caretto CAA Legislative Chair sparcenter@aol.com (916) 973-0807 fax (916) 979-1116 June 24, 2004 The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Arts Education Funding 6110-177-0001 CA Department of Education Arts Work Visual and Performing Arts Education Program Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: California Arts Advocates represents artists, arts organizations, and Californians who support the Arts. Its membership is a broad spectrum of budget sizes, arts disciplines, diverse cultures, audiences and regions. Its membership also includes artists and arts educators who teach California's 6 million school children. The California Department of Education Arts Works program, funded by Arts Education Funding 6110-177-0001 (Prop 98 funds) makes it possible for schools and teachers to develop curriculum, assessment tools and networks that foster collaborative initiatives and professional growth that ultimately benefit California children. Education Code 51210 and 51220 specify arts as a required course of study for grades one through twelve. Both the California State University and University of California systems require visual and performing arts courses consistent with California State Education Standards. Because of models created through the Arts Works program, schools can adhere to the education code and provide courses that meet the CSU/UC requirement. Effective arts education is one of the most important long-term issues and opportunities facing the arts world and California. Because of Proposition 13, we have already lost a generation of school children who have never experienced the arts academically or through live performance. I don't know of any 40-year-old soccer players, but I do know many adults who are called upon to speak in front of an audience or give presentations to their colleagues and employers and it is the arts that taught them these skills. The Arts prepare our young people to think creatively and critically and to find solutions. Please, Governor, support a budget that supports Arts Education! Please sign this year's budget that provides $6 million for the CA Department of Education Arts Work Visual and Performing Arts Education Program. If there are any questions, please feel free to call our legislative advocate, Ms. Kathryn Lynch at (916) 443-0202. Sincerely, Lisa Cullen Caretto California Arts Advocates Legislative Chair California Arts Advocates 1333 Balboa Street #3, San Francisco, CA 94118 http://www.calartsadvocates.org "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --- Margaret Meade |
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