IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 251 
Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 9, 2017, through 
April 22, 2017, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. MCCOL-
LUM) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 
9, 2017, through April 22, 2017, 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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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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(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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