Missouri General Assembly

Support for the Show-Me Fine Arts Professional Development Initiative

The MAAE supports the Fine Arts Professional Development Initiative that asks the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide arts-centered professional development services to fine arts educators and arts-integrated professional development services to non-arts teachers.

Support for the Missouri Arts Council

The MAAE recommends that the legislature support funding for the Missouri Arts Council.

Support for the Missouri Fine Arts Academy and Scholars Academy

The MAAE supports state funding for the Missouri Fine Arts Academy and Missouri Scholars Academy. The Missouri Fine Arts Academy is a three-week residential program at Missouri State University for 200 rising high school juniors and seniors who are gifted in the arts. The Missouri Scholars Academy is a three-week residential program at the University of Missouri for 300 high school juniors who are academically gifted.

State Board of Education

Support for a Middle School Fine Arts Requirement

The MAAE asks the Missouri State Board of Education to reinstate a required 3,000 minutes per school year of fine arts instruction by certified arts specialists in Missouri public middle schools/junior high schools.

Support the Arts as a Core Subject

The MAAE asks the Missouri State Board of Education to identify the arts (dance, drama/theatre, music and visual art) as a core subject.

Support for Fine Arts Requirements in Missouri Public Schools Schools

The MAAE asks the Missouri State Board of Education to confirm that the existing fine arts education requirements (50 minutes per week for music and 50 minutes per week for visual art in elementary schools, and a one-credit fine arts graduation requirement in high schools) will remain in our public schools and will be taught by certified fine arts specialists in the appropriate discipline.