 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
             SUBCHAPTER X--PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
 
                        Part D--Arts in Education
 
                        subpart 1--arts education
 
Sec. 8091. Support for arts education


(a) Findings

    The Congress finds that--
        (1) the arts are forms of understanding and ways of knowing that 
    are fundamentally important to education;
        (2) the arts are important to excellent education and to 
    effective school reform;
        (3) the most significant contribution of the arts to education 
    reform is the transformation of teaching and learning;
        (4) such transformation is best realized in the context of 
    comprehensive, systemic education reform;
        (5) demonstrated competency in the arts for American students is 
    among the National Education Goals;
        (6) participation in performing arts activities has proven to be 
    an effective strategy for promoting the inclusion of persons with 
    disabilities in mainstream settings;
        (7) opportunities in the arts have enabled persons of all ages 
    with disabilities to participate more fully in school and community 
    activities;
        (8) the arts can motivate at-risk students to stay in school and 
    become active participants in the educational process; and
        (9) arts education should be an integral part of the elementary 
    and secondary school curriculum.

(b) Purposes

    The purposes of this subpart are to--
        (1) support systemic education reform by strengthening arts 
    education as an integral part of the elementary and secondary school 
    curriculum;
        (2) help ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn 
    to challenging State content standards and challenging State student 
    performance standards in the arts; and
        (3) support the national effort to enable all students to 
    demonstrate competence in the arts in accordance with the National 
    Education Goals.

(c) Eligible recipients

    In order to carry out the purposes of this subpart, the Secretary is 
authorized to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative 
agreements with--
        (1) State educational agencies;
        (2) local educational agencies;
        (3) institutions of higher education;
        (4) museums and other cultural institutions; and
        (5) other public and private agencies, institutions, and 
    organizations.

(d) Authorized activities

    Funds under this subpart may be used for--
        (1) research on arts education;
        (2) the development of, and dissemination of information about, 
    model arts education programs;
        (3) the development of model arts education assessments based on 
    high standards;
        (4) the development and implementation of curriculum frameworks 
    for arts education;
        (5) the development of model preservice and inservice 
    professional development programs for arts educators and other 
    instructional staff;
        (6) supporting collaborative activities with other Federal 
    agencies or institutions involved in arts education, such as the 
    National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library 
    Services, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Very 
    Special Arts, and the National Gallery of Art;
        (7) supporting model projects and programs in the performing 
    arts for children and youth through arrangements made with the John 
    F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;
        (8) supporting model projects and programs by Very Special Arts 
    which assure the participation in mainstream settings in arts and 
    education programs of individuals with disabilities;
        (9) supporting model projects and programs to integrate arts 
    education into the regular elementary and secondary school 
    curriculum; and
        (10) other activities that further the purposes of this subpart.

(e) Coordination

                           (1) In general

        A recipient of funds under this subpart shall, to the extent 
    possible, coordinate projects assisted under this subpart with 
    appropriate activities of public and private cultural agencies, 
    institutions, and organizations, including museums, arts education 
    associations, libraries, and theaters.

                          (2) Special rule

        In carrying out this subpart, the Secretary shall coordinate 
    with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum 
    and Library Services, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
    Arts, Very Special Arts, and the National Gallery of Art.

(f) Authorization

                           (1) In general

        For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there are 
    authorized to be appropriated $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
    such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal 
    years.

                          (2) Special rule

        If the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for any fiscal 
    year is $9,000,000 or less, then such amount shall only be available 
    to carry out the activities described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of 
    subsection (d) of this section.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title X, Sec. 10401, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3830; amended Pub. L. 104-208, div. 
A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 709(b)(3)(A)], Sept. 30, 1996, 
110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-313.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsecs. (d)(6), (e)(2). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services'' for ``the Institute of Museum 
Services''.
