California Statutes for Arts Education

Below are the legal mandates for arts education as stated in the California Education Code.

Arts Education

Education Code Section 8811 (1992, Mello): Defines the “arts” to include the four disciplines of dance, drama and theatre, music, and visual arts as set forth in the state's adopted curriculum framework for visual and performing arts.

Education Code Sections 8820-8830 (AB 1512, enacted in January 2004): Establishes the Arts Work Visual and Performing Arts Education Program for the purposes of awarding grants to local educational agencies to develop the capacity to implement high-quality, instructional programs based on the state visual and performing arts content standards.

Education Code Sections 32060-32066 (1987): Prohibits schools from ordering or purchasing any product that contains toxic or carcinogenic substances for use in grades K-6. The law also restricts the purchase of such products in grades 7-12, allowing the use of these materials only if the product bears a label informing the user of the presence of hazardous ingredients, the potential health effects, and instructions for the safe use. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) develops and periodically updates the lists of art and craft materials that cannot be purchased or used in Kindergarten and in grades 1-6, and grades 7-12. The Department of Education distributes the lists to all school districts and the governing authorities of all private schools in California, and makes the lists available to pre-schools, childcare centers, and other businesses and organizations that involve the use of art or craft materials with children. The list may be reached at http://www.oehha.org/education/art/artguide.html for the OEHHA Web site link.

Education Code Section 51210 (Amended by Chapter 530, 1995): Course of Study, Grades 1 to 6: Visual and performing arts, including instruction in the subjects of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, aimed at the development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative expression.

Education Code Section 51220 (Amended by Chapter 530, 1995): Areas of Study, Grades 7 to 12: Visual and performing arts, including dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, with emphasis upon development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative expression.

Education Code Section 51225.3 (Senate Bill 813, enacted in 1983): Includes among the academic subjects required for graduation from high school a year of a visual or performing arts (dance, music, theatre, or visual art) or a year of foreign language.

Education Code Section 60605.1 (Senate Bill 1390, chaptered September 2000): Requires the State Board of Education to adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the visual and performing arts. (Standards adopted by State Board of Education January 10, 2001).

Education Code Section 60242.(1) (Senate Bill 469, Assembly Bill 1173, chaptered September 2003): Permits purchase of visual and performing arts textbooks and materials using state instructional materials funds after school district certifies textbooks in reading, math, science and history/social science have been provided to each pupil.

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