IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 149 
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 15, 2015, through 
March 21, 2015, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2015 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Ms. BONAMICI) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 
15, 2015, through March 21, 2015, 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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•HRES 149 IH 
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 79,000 arts in education programs to students and 
teachers; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning works with over 
4,500 professional teaching artists; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces pro-
grams in more than 8,900 schools and community cen-
ters annually; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning encompasses 30 
affiliates across the country, including 25 participating 
affiliates for 2015 National Young Audiences Arts for 
Learning Week; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Rochester, established in 1962, 
is upstate New York’s oldest and most comprehensive 
arts-in-education 
organization, 
working 
with 
over 
118,000 students this past year; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana offered new career devel-
opment courses and worked with over 107,000 students 
in 2014; 
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•HRES 149 IH 
Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided 300 in-depth art-
ist residencies at more than 40 schools, with program-
ming reaching youth from infancy through high school 
graduation; 
Whereas Arts for Learning, Woodruff Arts Center Atlanta, 
now in its 30th year, provided 1,400 performances, work-
shops, and residencies to 200,000 students; 
Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas offered almost 
1,000 programs to 22,000 students; 
Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 
with 3,500 students in 50 Chicago Public Schools; 
Whereas COMPAS, St. Paul, in its 46th year, provided cre-
ative opportunities for 55,000 students; 
Whereas Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, Ohio provided 
5,700 programs for 220,000 children; 
Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences, Missouri, the largest 
nonprofit arts education provider in the region, serving 
over 114,000 students; 
Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, Denver worked with 
almost 25,000 kids across metro-Denver; 
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 711 schools serving over 
400,000 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with 170,000 
across New York City; 
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•HRES 149 IH 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston hosted the Houston 
Arts Partners conference for 870 participants, and pro-
vided programs to almost 10,000 kids; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana opened its first char-
ter school in 2013, providing a creative educational set-
ting for 400 creative learners; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts expanded its Ho-
rizons Through Music program, offering music and lit-
eracy programs to 150 homeless preschoolers; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas’ 47 teaching 
artists presented 105 programs to 25,000 students across 
18 counties in northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington cele-
brated its 55th year by partnering with schools to provide 
programs to over 300,000 students across the region; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California provided 
programs to more than 24,000 students this past year 
and continued to expand its peer mentorship program; 
Whereas Young Audiences of San Diego served over 50,000 
students in 120 schools, and continued to grow its Mili-
tary Family Arts Connection program; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Southeast Texas reaches over 
28,000 children with arts-in-education programs each 
year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Virginia, serving over 170,000 
students, recently finished collaborating with school dis-
tricts to redesign in-school programs and strengthen pro-
fessional development; 
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•HRES 149 IH 
Whereas Young Audiences of Western New York worked 
closely with 100 young people, all of whom had experi-
enced difficulties in their school or communities; and 
Whereas the week of March 15, 2015, through March 21, 
2015, 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. 
Æ 
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