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Senate Bill 681 was signed into law in July 2022, and officially established North Carolina high school graduation requirements. This graduation requirement begins this school year with students entering sixth grade.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have content or performance standards for arts education, but only 32 state the arts as a core or curricular subject, according to The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) .1 This may interest you : Napa Valley Festival Raises Record $3.75 Million in Arts for All Gala.
For nearly 30 years, AEP has used research, reporting, and collaboration to connect leaders across arts education in hopes of advancing arts education for all.
AEP provides research on the impact the arts have on student achievement, school culture, community engagement, and more through the ArtsEdSearch tool. They come out with the ArtScan report every year, which compares state-by-state art education policies. By combining these data, people and policy makers can easily see how different countries support the arts.
AEP sits within the Education Commission of the States and was established with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Department of Education, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASA).
