{"id":42709,"date":"2024-10-23T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?p=42709"},"modified":"2025-02-13T22:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:18:31","slug":"u-s-department-of-education-message-to-school-officials-access-support-for-arts-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/u-s-department-of-education-message-to-school-officials-access-support-for-arts-education\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Education Message to School Officials: Access Support for Arts Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>October 23, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a culmination of years of advocacy, earlier this month the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Deputy Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cindy_Marten_2024_Letter-to-Chief-State-School-Officers-on-Arts-Education-_-U.S.-Department-of-Education-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>issued a letter (PDF)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to state education officials reinforcing the ways federal funding can be used to support arts education within the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Arts advocates can use this letter to urge state and local education agencies to increase access to arts education for all students. 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