IV 
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 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; 
Whereas the nonprofit arts sector is an economic engine and 
plays a significant role in the economic health of commu-
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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 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 
3,500 professional teaching artists; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces pro-
grams in more than 8,600 schools and community cen-
ters 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 in-
stitutions; 
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 larg-
est nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 
over 104,000 students; 
Whereas Springboard to Learning, in St. Louis, Missouri, de-
livered 945 programs, in 5,365 program sessions, to stu-
dents 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 Mary-
land 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 Pennsyl-
vania 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 approxi-
mately 128,000 students in Massachusetts with pro-
grams; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas brought qual-
ity 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 stu-
dents across the region; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County, AZ, pro-
vided 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 pro-
grams 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 Na-
tional Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks; 
(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 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. 
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