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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2019 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ (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. GARCI ́A

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 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

4 Act of 2019’’. 

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

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

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

8 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subclauses (IV) and (V), by striking ‘‘; 

10 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

12 ‘‘(VI) sequential, standards-based 

13 arts education taught by certified arts 

14 educators (as defined by the State) 

15 and community arts providers to meet 

16 the challenging academic standards; 

17 and’’. 

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

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

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

21 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)), as amended by section (2), is further 

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

23 ‘‘(VII) sequential, standards24 based music education that is aligned 

25 to challenging state academic stand26 ards and is taught by certified music 


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1 educators (as defined by the State); 

2 and’’. 

3 SEC. 4. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR ARTS EDU4 CATION. 

5 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec6 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)) 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘well-rounded education;’’ and in8 serting the following: ‘‘well-rounded education, such as— 

9 ‘‘(i) programmatic assistance for stu10 dents to participate in arts programs that 

11 address their academic needs (including 

12 support for certified arts educators (as de13 fined by the State), arts educator profes14 sional development, supplies, and other ex15 penses associated with instruction in the 

16 arts); and’’. 

17 SEC. 5. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR MUSIC EDU18 CATION. 

19 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec20 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)), 

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

22 at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(ii) programmatic assistance for stu24 dents to participate in music programs 

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1 ing support for certified music educators, 

2 music educator professional development, 

3 instruments, sheet music, and other ex4 penses associated with music instruc5 tion);’’. 

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