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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 312 

Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 14, 2019, through 

April 27, 2019, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Ms. PINGREE (for herself and Ms. BONAMICI) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 

14, 2019, through April 27, 2019, as National Young 

Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. 

Whereas arts education, comprising a rich array of disciplines 

including dance, music, theater, media arts, literature, 

design, and visual arts, is an essential element of a complete and well-rounded education for all students; 

Whereas arts education enables students to develop critical 

thinking and problem-solving skills, imagination and creativity, discipline, alternative ways to communicate and 

express feelings and ideas, and cross-cultural understanding, which supports academic success nationwide as 

well as personal growth outside the classroom; 

Whereas the nonprofit arts sector is an economic engine and 

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nities large and small with direct expenditures of wages 

and benefits as well as goods and services; 

Whereas to succeed in today’s economy, students must masterfully use words, images, sounds, and movement to 

communicate; 

Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning impacts over 

5,000,000 schoolchildren annually with valuable arts-ineducation programs; 

Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning presents more 

than 80,000 arts-in-education programs to students and 

teachers; 

Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning works with over 

3,500 professional teaching artists; 

Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces programs in more than 8,600 schools and community centers annually; 

Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning encompasses 28 

affiliates across the country, and the entire network of 

such affiliates is participating in the 2019 National 

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks; 

Whereas Arkansas Learning through the Arts delivered 278 

programs to more than 87,600 students across the State 

of Arkansas; 

Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 252,750 

students in the State of Connecticut last year; 

Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana engaged 129 teaching 

artists to deliver arts-integrated programs to nearly 

48,000 students in the region; 

Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided more than 500 

programs reaching youth from infancy through high 


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school graduation, in collaboration with 90 partnering institutions; 

Whereas Arts for Learning San Diego served over 68,000 

students in more than 220 schools in southern California; 

Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, provided over 840 

programs to 30,040 local students; 

Whereas ArtsNow Learning in Atlanta, Georgia, partnered 

with 79 institutions throughout the Southeast United 

States involving over 18,000 students; 

Whereas Big Thought in Dallas, Texas, reached more than 

143,000 students at over 433 learning locations; 

Whereas Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, in Cleveland, 

Ohio, provided nearly 5,900 programs for more than 

150,000 children; 

Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 

with nearly 5,000 students in 70 Chicago Public Schools; 

Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the largest nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 

over 104,000 students; 

Whereas Springboard to Learning, in St. Louis, Missouri, delivered 945 programs, in 5,365 program sessions, to students in 125 schools and 32 community venues; 

Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, in Denver, Colorado, 

worked with more than 36,000 students across the State; 

Whereas Young Audiences Maryland partnered with nearly 

420 schools and community organizations in all 24 Maryland school districts to provide over 2,230,000 hours of 

programming for students from pre-K through grade 12; 

Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania provided programming to students throughout the 


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region in collaboration with 703 schools and partnering 

organizations; 

Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with over 

77,000 students across New York City; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached approximately 

12,000 students this year; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Houston provided over 13,500 

programs to more than 240,000 students; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana served more than 

63,000 students this year; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts served approximately 128,000 students in Massachusetts with programs; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas brought quality arts-in-education experiences into northeast Texas 

schools; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California impacted 

nearly 24,000 students in the region this past year; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington 

partnered with 190 schools to engage over 73,000 students across the region; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County, AZ, provided arts-integrated learning programs to students in 

Santa Cruz County; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Southeast Texas partnered with 

schools throughout the region to deliver programming 

that integrates arts into all traditional areas of academic 

study to students in pre-K through grade 12; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Southwest Florida served nearly 

1,000 students in the region; 


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Whereas Young Audiences of Virginia served roughly 70,000 

students last year; 

Whereas Young Audiences of Western New York offered 

70,000 assembly, workshop, and long-term residency programs to students from the 9 counties of western New 

York State; and 

Whereas the weeks of April 14, 2019, through April 27, 

2019, would be appropriate weeks to designate as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of National Young 

3 Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks; 

4 (2) honors and recognizes the contributions 

5 which Young Audiences Arts for Learning programs 

6 have made in enriching the lives of students, teach7 ers, volunteers, families, and communities, and pays 

8 tribute to arts in education and its contribution to 

9 society; and 

10 (3) encourages the people of the United States 

11 to observe National Young Audiences Arts for 

12 Learning Weeks with appropriate ceremonies and 

13 activities that promote awareness of the role that 

14 arts in education plays in enriching the education of 

15 young people and enriching United States society as 

16 a whole. 

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