GAAME Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1676 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 11, 2019 Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. POCAN, Mr. KILMER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CRIST, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VELA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. WIL- SON of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. WILD, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO- NEY of New York, Mr. RYAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. KEN- NEDY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:06 Mar 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1676.IH H1676 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1676 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guarantee Access to 2 Arts and Music Education Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘GAAME 3 Act of 2019’’. 4 SEC. 2. SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO ARTS EDUCATION. 5 Section 1114(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Elementary and 6 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended— 8 (1) in subclauses (IV) and (V), by striking ‘‘; 9 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(VI) sequential, standards-based 12 arts education taught by certified arts 13 educators (as defined by the State) 14 and community arts providers to meet 15 the challenging academic standards; 16 and’’. 17 SEC. 3. SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION. 18 Section 1114(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Elementary and 19 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 20 6314(b)(7)(A)(iii)), as amended by section (2), is further 21 amended by inserting after subclause (VI) the following: 22 ‘‘(VII) sequential, standards- 23 based music education that is aligned 24 to challenging state academic stand- 25 ards and is taught by certified music 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:06 Mar 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1676.IH H1676 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1676 IH educators (as defined by the State); 1 and’’. 2 SEC. 4. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR ARTS EDU- 3 CATION. 4 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec- 5 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)) 6 is amended by striking ‘‘well-rounded education;’’ and in- 7 serting the following: ‘‘well-rounded education, such as— 8 ‘‘(i) programmatic assistance for stu- 9 dents to participate in arts programs that 10 address their academic needs (including 11 support for certified arts educators (as de- 12 fined by the State), arts educator profes- 13 sional development, supplies, and other ex- 14 penses associated with instruction in the 15 arts); and’’. 16 SEC. 5. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS FOR MUSIC EDU- 17 CATION. 18 Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Sec- 19 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(A)), 20 as amended by section 4, is further amended by adding 21 at the end the following: 22 ‘‘(ii) programmatic assistance for stu- 23 dents to participate in music programs 24 that address their academic needs (includ- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:06 Mar 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1676.IH H1676 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1676 IH ing support for certified music educators, 1 music educator professional development, 2 instruments, sheet music, and other ex- 3 penses associated with music instruc- 4 tion);’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:06 Mar 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1676.IH H1676 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS