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On Friday, May 27th, LAUSD announced that the Elementary Arts Program is fully restored to 2010-2011 central allocation 2011-2012, avoiding a potential 60% cut. Thank you who have worked so diligently to make sure the Arts have been a focus for both the District and UTLA.

The restoration still leaves Arts Education Branch funding levels 30% lower than 2008-2009, and due to fewer purchases made from schools, there will be about 20 fewer arts teachers in the program. Many LAUSD elementary students will still be denied adequate access to the levels of arts instruction at this level. We still need to fight for the restoration of arts positions K-12, but we've dodged most of a potentially devastating budgeting decision.

Middle and high schools are bearing most of the cuts to arts ed right now. Arts teachers district-wide received about 30% of the pink slips issued for single subject teachers (although arts teachers only make up 5% of the high school and middle school positions), and schools have not purchased positions back in recent budgets revisions. As of the beginning of September, 2011, there are still 105 pink-slipped arts teachers without a position to return to in LAUSD.

Schools are now responsible for restoring Arts and other needs through their own discretionary funds: the tentative UTLA/LAUSD agreement relies on school sites to restore many positions. Please engage with your school site council and administration to make sure your local school is doing what it can to give the children what they deserve! Here is the budgeting document and instructional flyer for purchasing Arts Program positions at elementary schools.

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Fundraising
Save the Arts, a newly founded-organization dedicated to preserving arts education in LAUSD, held a fundraiser event and art auction for the Arts Education Branch at the Cocoanut Grove Auditorium Theatre on June 11, 2011. All donations through Save the Arts will be used to save arts teacher positions or fund arts materials in LAUSD schools. We'ds love your donations! http://www.savethearts.net/


Monday, January 25, 2010

What do public school teachers and prison guards have in common?

No, not that.
We are both under attack from union-busting lobbies and the Governor in the same way.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold-union25-2010jan25,0,3601107.story

More News:
Daily News 1/26/10
LAUSD may face a bigger budget hole: Cuts in state budget plan could mean loss of another $200 million.
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