The Los Angeles Unified School District's Curriculum and Instruction Committee met this morning to explore, among other topics, the plan to distribute arts education throughout the district.

After several deadlines to produce it elapsed, the Los Angeles Unified School District stepped forward to take leadership on releasing a budget for its arts education branch last week.  The budget was presented at the Budget, Facilities, & Audit Committee meeting of the board on Thursday, February 20.

Arts for LA has launched an Action Alert inviting LAUSD parents and community members to ask Board of Education members to lead the charge on having an arts education budget produced this month.  

The LAUSD Board of Education approved by a 5-2 vote a resolution to bolster district support for arts education as an extension of last year’s “Arts at the Core” resolution.

This story has been updated from the version released in last week's issue of Relay.

Los Angeles Unified School District officially released its plan to restore arts education throughout the district yesterday.  The “Arts Education and Creative Cultural Network Plan” will bring funding for arts education back to pre-recession levels by 2017.

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education today unanimously passed a resolution establishing arts as part of the district’s core curriculum.