II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 364 

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 

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. TESTER, 

and Mr. PADILLA) 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 2023’’ or the ‘‘GAAME 

6 Act of 2023’’. 

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

8 Section 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)(7)(A)(iii)— 

2 (A) in subclauses (IV) and (V), by striking 

3 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(VI) sequential, standards-based 

6 arts education taught by certified arts 

7 educators (as defined by the State) 

8 and community arts providers to meet 

9 the challenging State academic stand10 ards; and’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF ARTS.—For purposes of sub13 section (b)(7)(A)(iii)(VI), the term ‘arts’ means dance, 

14 media arts, theater, and visual arts.’’. 

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

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

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

18 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)), as amended by section (2), is further 

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

20 ‘‘(VII) sequential, standards21 based music education that is aligned 

22 to challenging State academic stand23 ards and is taught by certified music 

24 educators (as defined by the State); 

25 and’’. 


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

3 Section 1115 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘well6 rounded education;’’ inserting the following: ‘‘well 

7 rounded education, such as— 

8 ‘‘(i) programmatic assistance for stu9 dents to participate in arts programs that 

10 address their academic needs (including 

11 support for certified arts educators (as de12 fined by the State), arts educator profes13 sional development, supplies, and other ex14 penses associated with instruction in the 

15 arts); and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF ARTS.—For purposes of sub18 section (b)(2)(A)(i), the term ‘arts’ means dance, media 

19 arts, theater, and visual arts.’’. 

20 SEC. 5. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR MUSIC EDU21 CATION. 

22 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec23 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)), 

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

25 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(ii) programmatic assistance for stu2 dents to participate in music programs 

3 that address their academic needs (includ4 ing support for certified music educators, 

5 music educator professional development, 

6 instruments, sheet music, music tech7 nology, and other expenses associated with 

8 music instruction);’’. 

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