IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 316 
Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 9, 2023, through 
April 15, 2023, as ‘‘National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2023 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, and Ms. 
BONAMICI) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 
9, 2023, through April 15, 2023, as ‘‘National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Week’’. 
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; 
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Whereas arts education provides a well-researched and proven 
methodology to differentiate instruction to meet the 
needs of all students, especially for English language 
learners and students with special needs; 
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 
4,298,935 participants annually with valuable arts-in- 
education programs; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning presents more 
than 101,630 arts-in-education programs to students and 
teachers; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning works with over 
32,436 school educators and teaching artists; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces pro-
grams in more than 3,408 schools and community cen-
ters annually; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning encompasses 30 
affiliates across the country, and the entire network of 
such affiliates is participating in the 2023 ‘‘National 
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week’’; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York implemented over 330 
programs serving 35 partnering schools and institutions 
in all five boroughs of New York City, including 197 inte-
grated residency programs steeped in arts learning and 
arts integration practices in such areas as music, dance, 
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visual and design arts, theater, media arts, and tech-
nology in predominantly Title I public school settings ex-
ploring teaching and learning pedagogy addressing the 
needs of all students; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Western New York partnered 
with schools and institutions impacting 16,292 student 
learners in 9 counties of western New York State inte-
grating the arts into such areas as STEM, language arts, 
social studies, character education environmental aware-
ness, health, and nutrition; 
Whereas Arkansas Learning through the Arts delivered 227 
arts-integrated programs to more than 6,071 students 
across the State of Arkansas; 
Whereas the Arts & Learning Conservatory joined the na-
tional Young Audiences Arts for Learning network last 
year, impacting over 1000 students throughout southern 
California; 
Whereas the Arts Education Collaborative in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, delivered professional learning programs to 
30 partnering institutions; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 95,225 
students in the State of Connecticut last year; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana engaged 129 collabo-
rating partners to deliver arts-integrated programs to 
nearly 24,591 students in the region; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Maryland partnered with nearly 
252 schools and community organizations in all 24 Mary-
land school districts to provide arts learning programs to 
91,454 participants from pre-kindergarten through grade 
12; 
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Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided more than 64 
programs reaching youth from infancy through high 
school graduation, in collaboration with 58 partnering in-
stitutions; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Santa Cruz County, Arizona, pro-
vided arts-based learning programs to students through-
out Santa Cruz County; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Virginia served 45,547 students 
across the State of Virginia last year; 
Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, provided over 613 
programs to 26,655 local students; 
Whereas ArtsNow Learning in Atlanta, Georgia, partnered 
with 118 institutions throughout the Southeast United 
States involving over 26,655 participants; 
Whereas the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning in Cleveland, 
Ohio, provided nearly 7,112 programs for more than 
95,140 participants; 
Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 
with 8,342 students in 63 Chicago public schools; 
Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the larg-
est nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 
over 43,573 students; 
Whereas Springboard to Learning in St. Louis, Missouri, de-
livered 743 programs to students in schools and commu-
nity venues; 
Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning in Denver, Colorado, 
worked with more than 6,919 students across the State; 
Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsyl-
vania provided programming to students throughout the 
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region in collaboration with 425 schools and partnering 
organizations; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached approximately 
3,414 students last year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston provided over 1,497 
programs to more than 331,681 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana served more than 
35,380 learners last year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts reached approxi-
mately 31,242 students in the State of Massachusetts; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas brought qual-
ity arts in education experiences to nearly 33,942 learn-
ers in northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California impacted 
over 26,107 students in the Bay Area this past year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington 
partnered with 158 institutions to engage over 105,604 
program participants across the region; 
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-kindergarten through grade 12; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Lubbock (Texas) joined the 
Young Audiences Arts for Learning national network in 
November 2022; and 
Whereas the week of April 9 through April 15, 2023, would 
be an appropriate week to designate as ‘‘National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Week’’: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(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 
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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