Sacramento, CA – Senator Ben Allen (D – Santa Monica), chair of the state legislature’s Joint Committee on the Arts, will convene an oversight hearing to examine the state of arts education in California schools on Friday, November 6, 2015.  Current state law requires all schools to provide arts education to students, but many schools are not doing so.  The lack of arts education is particularly prevalent in disadvantaged communities.  The hearing will delve into why there is a high rate of noncompliance with the arts education mandate, and what steps can be taken to compel more schools to incorporate visual and performing arts into the standard curriculum.  The hearing can be watched live online at https://youtu.be/4HO-_-DF4JY.

Who:  

• Senator Ben Allen, Chair, Joint Committee on the Arts
• Assemblymember Ian Calderon, Vice Chair, Joint Committee on the Arts
• Joint Committee on the Arts members

What: Oversight hearing on school compliance with visual and performing arts mandates.

Date: Friday, November 6th, 2015

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Where: The Paley Center for Media, 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Online: Watch the hearing live online at https://youtu.be/4HO-_-DF4JY

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