IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 484 
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 16, 2014, through 
March 22, 2014, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 
Ms. SLAUGHTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 
16, 2014, through March 22, 2014, as National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 
Whereas arts education, comprising a rich array of disciplines 
including dance, music, theatre, media arts, literature de-
sign, and visual arts, is a core academic subject and an 
essential element of a complete and balanced 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 the Young Audiences Arts for Learning impacts 
more than 5,000,000 school children annually with valu-
able arts-in-education programs; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning presents more 
than 88,000 arts in education programs to students and 
teachers; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning works with 
4,600 professional teaching artists; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces pro-
grams in more than 8,000 schools and community cen-
ters annually; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning ensures the 
highest standards of arts in education programs; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning creates and dis-
seminates learning resources and ideas for inspiring chil-
dren, teachers, and volunteers, and supports opportuni-
ties for schools, communities, educators, and families to 
engage in the arts together; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Rochester was established in 
January of 1962, and is upstate New York’s oldest and 
most comprehensive arts-in-education organization; 
Whereas with over 150 quality teaching artists and an array 
of unique programs, Young Audiences of Rochester 
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serves 100,000 young people in urban, rural, and subur-
ban settings annually; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Rochester celebrated its 50th 
anniversary in a merger with ArtPeace to widen the 
scope and impact of arts learning for young people; and 
Whereas the week of March 16, 2014, through March 22, 
2014, would be an appropriate week to designate as Na-
tional Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Week; 
(2) honors and recognizes the contributions 
which Young Audiences Arts for Learning programs 
have made in enriching the lives of students, teach-
ers, volunteers, families, and communities and pays 
tribute to arts in education and its contribution to 
society; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe National Young Audiences Arts for 
Learning Week with appropriate ceremonies and ac-
tivities 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. 
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