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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 885 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 

access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 26, 2019 

Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guarantee Access to 

5 Arts and Music Education Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘GAAME 

6 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO ARTS EDUCATION. 

2 Section 1114(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Elementary and 

3 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended— 

5 (1) in each of subclauses (IV) and (V), by strik6 ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(VI) sequential, standards-based 

9 arts education taught by certified arts 

10 educators (as defined by the State) 

11 and community arts providers to meet 

12 challenging academic standards; and’’. 

13 SEC. 3. SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION. 

14 Section 1114(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Elementary and 

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)), as amended by section (2), is further 

17 amended by inserting after subclause (VI) the following: 

18 ‘‘(VII) sequential, standards19 based music education that is aligned 

20 to challenging State academic stand21 ards and is taught by certified music 

22 educators (as defined by the State); 

23 and’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR ARTS EDU2 CATION. 

3 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec4 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘well-rounded education;’’ and in6 serting the following: ‘‘well-rounded education, such as— 

7 ‘‘(i) programmatic assistance for stu8 dents to participate in arts programs that 

9 address their academic needs (including 

10 support for certified arts educators (as de11 fined by the State), arts educator profes12 sional development, supplies, and other ex13 penses associated with instruction in the 

14 arts); and’’. 

15 SEC. 5. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR MUSIC EDU16 CATION. 

17 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec18 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)), 

19 as amended by section 4, is further amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(ii) programmatic assistance for stu22 dents to participate in music programs 

23 that address their academic needs (includ24 ing support for certified music educators, 

25 music educator professional development, 

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1 penses associated with music instruc2 tion);’’. 

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