| Chapter 370 |
| 2024 -- H 7020 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/26/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT |
Introduced By: Representatives J. Brien, Baginski, Craven, Corvese, Casimiro, Noret, Newberry, and Finkelman |
| Date Introduced: January 05, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended by |
| adding thereto the following chapter: |
| CHAPTER 114116 |
| TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT |
| 16-114116-1. Short title. |
| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Transparency in Arts Education Access |
| and Proficiency Act." |
| 16-114116-2. Definitionsand Findings. |
| As used in this chapter: |
| (1) "Arts" means instruction, classes, courses, or organized school-based performance in |
| dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts. The term "arts" shall also include fine arts, |
| including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and poetry. |
| (2) "Department" means the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary |
| education. |
| (3) "School" means a public middle or high school. |
| (4) "TAEAPA" means transparency in arts education access and proficiency act |
| ("TAEAPA"). |
| 16-114116-3. Proficiency in arts education. |
| (a) Commencing with the 2025-26 academic school year, the department shall include, on |
| each school’s annual school report card, each school’s percentage of students enrolled in arts |
| education courses, as defined by the national core arts standards, along with the number of courses |
| available to students in each arts area, including, but not limited to,: dance, media arts, music, |
| theater, and visual arts. |
| (b) Commencing with the 2025-26 fiscal year, the department may designate or assign a |
| qualified staff member to serve in the role of arts education curriculum coordinator. A primary |
| function of this coordinator would be to support schools and school districts in meeting the arts |
| education curricular and reporting requirements, as provided in this chapter, along with any other |
| arts education-related tasks within the department. |
| (c) Commencing with the 2026-27 academic school year, the department shall annually |
| require each high school to provide a representative sample of graduated students’ portfolios, that |
| demonstrate evidence of meeting proficiency in one of the arts, as defined by the national core arts |
| standards, or fine arts. The student portfolios shall include evidence of works developed via courses |
| within the regular school day. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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