SB 18-008

Senate Bill 18-008, also known as "Reward Access To Arts Education In Public Schools," aims to encourage public schools in Colorado to offer more arts education. The bill adds a new performance indicator that measures how well schools provide courses and programs in dance, drama, theater, music, and visual arts. If schools meet this standard, they can earn additional credit toward their accreditation or performance ratings. Since the bill has been signed into law, public schools now have an incentive to expand their arts education offerings.

Official Summary

Under current law, the accreditation for school districts and the state charter school institute (institute) and the level of performance for public schools is based on the attainment of specified performance indicators. The bill creates an additional performance indicator that measures the degree to which a public school, a school district, or the institute provides access to courses or educational programs in dance, drama and theater, music, and visual arts. The state board of education must adopt rules by which a public school, a school district, or the institute will receive additional credit toward the accreditation or performance ratings based on the arts performance indicator.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More