IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 678 
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 27, 2016, through 
April 2, 2016, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2016 
Mr. LANCE (for himself and Ms. SLAUGHTER) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 
27, 2016, through April 2, 2016, as National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 
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 
4,800,000 schoolchildren annually with valuable arts-in- 
education programs; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning presents more 
than 86,000 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 8,300 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 2016 National Young Au-
diences Arts for Learning Week; 
Whereas Alliance Arts for Learning Institute in Atlanta, 
Georgia, provided 1,300 performances, workshops, and 
residencies to 190,000 students; 
Whereas Arts Council of Kern/Arts for Learning in Bakers-
field, California, reached many communities; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 325,000 
kids throughout the State of Connecticut last year; 
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Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana offered arts-integrated 
programs and worked with over 55,000 students in 2015; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided 300 in-depth art-
ist residencies at more than 60 partners, with program-
ming reaching youth from infancy through high school 
graduation; 
Whereas Arts for Learning San Diego served over 550,000 
students in 145 schools; 
Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, offered almost 
1,000 programs to 40,000 students; 
Whereas Big Thought in Dallas, Texas, reached more than 
168,000 students with more than 14,000 programs; 
Whereas Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, in Cleveland, 
Ohio, provided 5,600 programs for 200,000 children; 
Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 
with 8,000 students in 75 Chicago Public Schools; 
Whereas COMPAS, St. Paul, MN, provided creative opportu-
nities for 32,000 students; 
Whereas Gateway to the Arts/Pittsburgh Cultural Trust pro-
vided 1,100 programs for 28,000 children; 
Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences, Missouri, the largest 
nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 
over 110,000 students; 
Whereas Springboard, St. Louis, delivered more than 1,000 
program sessions to more than 60,000 students in the 
greater St. Louis region; 
Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, Colorado worked with 
almost 32,000 kids across Colorado; 
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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 844 schools and 
partnering institutions serving over 435,000 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with 160,000 
students across New York City; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached more than 
10,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston hosted the Houston 
Arts Partners conference for more than 1,000 partici-
pants; and provided programs to 3,000 students; 
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 served more 
than 114,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas’ 45 teaching 
artists presented 130 programs to 22,000 students across 
northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California provided 
programs to more than 25,000 students this past year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington cele-
brated its 56th year by partnering with schools to provide 
programs to over 375,000 students across the region; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Rochester, established in 1962, 
is upstate New York’s oldest and most comprehensive 
arts-in-education organization, worked with over 165,000 
students this past year; 
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Whereas Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County, AZ, 
reached more than 48,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Southeast Texas reached over 
26,000 children with arts-in-education programs this past 
year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Virginia served over 52,000 
students last year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Western New York reached 
35,000 children in more than 180 schools, after school, 
community, and cultural centers; and 
Whereas the week of March 27, 2016, through April 2, 2016, 
would be an appropriate week to designate as National 
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: Now, there-
fore, 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 
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young people and enriching United States society as 
a whole. 
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