IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 803 
Expressing support for designation of the weeks of March 25, 2018, through 
April 7, 2018, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2018 
Mr. LANCE (for himself and Mrs. DAVIS of California) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the weeks of March 
25, 2018, through April 7, 2018, as National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. 
Whereas arts education, comprising a rich array of disciplines 
including dance, music, theatre, media arts, literature, 
design, and visual arts, is an essential element of a com-
plete and well-rounded education for all students; 
Whereas arts education enables students to develop critical 
thinking and problem solving skills, imagination and cre-
ativity, discipline, alternative ways to communicate and 
express feelings and ideas, and cross-cultural under-
standing, which supports academic success nationwide as 
well as personal growth outside the classroom; 
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Whereas the nonprofit arts sector is an economic engine and 
plays a significant role in the economic health of commu-
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 mas-
terfully use words, images, sounds, and movement to 
communicate; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning impacts over 
5,000,000 schoolchildren annually with valuable arts-in- 
education 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 
4,600 professional teaching artists; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces pro-
grams in more than 8,300 schools and community cen-
ters annually; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning encompasses 30 
affiliates across the country and the entire network of YA 
affiliates is participating in the 2017 National Young Au-
diences Arts for Learning Weeks; 
Whereas Alliance Arts for Learning Institute in Atlanta, 
Georgia, provided 300 performances, workshops, and 
residencies to 10,000 students; 
Whereas Arkansas Learning through the Arts joined the 
Young Audiences Arts for Learning network to better 
serve the students throughout the State of Arkansas; 
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•HRES 803 IH 
Whereas Arts Council of Kern/Arts for Learning in Bakers-
field, California, reached students in schools throughout 
Kern County; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 560,000 
students throughout the State of Connecticut last year; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana offered arts integrated 
programs and worked with over 60,000 students through-
out the State; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided 300 in-depth art-
ist residencies with more than 60 partners, with pro-
gramming reaching youth from infancy through high 
school graduation; 
Whereas Arts for Learning San Diego served over 100,000 
students in 170 schools; 
Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, offered almost 
1,000 programs to 40,000 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 6,600 programs for 225,000 children; 
Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 
with 4,000 students in 75 Chicago Public Schools; 
Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the larg-
est nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 
over 100,000 students; 
Whereas Springboard, St. Louis, delivered over 1,000 pro-
gram sessions to more than 60,000 students in the great-
er St. Louis region; 
Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, in Denver, Colorado, 
worked with almost 32,000 kids across the State; 
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Whereas Young Audiences Maryland partnered with every 
school district in the State to provide programs to almost 
180,000 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsyl-
vania provided programming to 844 schools and 
partnering institutions serving over 400,000 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with 100,000 
students across New York City; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached more than 
15,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston hosted the Houston 
Arts Partners conference for more than 1,000 partici-
pants and provided 3,000 programs to over 200,000 stu-
dents; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana served more than 
75,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts served more 
than 130,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas’ 45 teaching 
artists presented 450 programs to 22,000 students across 
northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California provided 
programs to more than 25,000 students this past year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington cele-
brated its 59th year by partnering with schools to provide 
programs to over 72,000 students across the region; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Rochester, established in 1962, 
is upstate New York’s oldest and most comprehensive 
arts-in-education organization and worked with over 
186,000 students this past year; 
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(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe National Young Audiences Arts for 
Learning Weeks with appropriate ceremonies and 
activities that promote awareness of the role that 
arts in education plays in enriching the education of 
young people and enriching United States society as 
a whole. 
Æ 
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