Proposition 28, which will appear on the November ballot, would guarantee support for arts and music education in all public and charter schools from pre-school to 12th grade.
Ron Sperling, Director of the Visual and Performing Arts program for the San Diego Unified School District, said, “The Arts in our schools have been at the back of the bus for the last 40 years, ever since Proposition 13. This would put arts education in front of the bus.”Under the measure, 80% of the money would have to be spent on hiring arts and music teachers and aides.
About 1 in 5 schools in the state has a full-time arts or music education teacher, according to proponents of the initiative. The measure would not only change that, but proponents say it would also reduce inequity. More money would be concentrated in low-income schools, where students may be less likely to get this kind of instruction.
"We are a creative economy in California, and if we don’t have an adequate arts education then we’re shortchanging our kids in California,” said Sperling."We need to prepare our students for the careers we don’t even know exist and a lot of them are going to be in media, a lot of the arts in this creative economy. “
Hong said, “To be clear, we don't have an issue with arts and music education, but this isn't the way you decide how to resource it."
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