Arts Education for All Act
Latest action · Mar 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Arts Education for All Act
This bill expands arts education and programming for children in early education, K-12 students, and juveniles and adults in the criminal justice system.
Specifically, the bill allows Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to be used for additional activities, including arts programming.
Additionally, the bill addresses arts programming in elementary and secondary schools by
- directing each state educational agency to include information on arts programming in its state plan, including how it will integrate arts education instruction into the curriculum and increase the number of arts teachers in schools;
- requiring state report cards to include information on arts courses;
- requiring local educational agency (LEA) plans to describe how the LEA will encourage the use of arts education to improve student achievement; and
- allowing certain funds to be used for professional development for arts teachers.
The bill directs the National Center for Education Research to carry out research on the use of arts and arts education in elementary and secondary schools, including in low-performing schools. Further, the National Center for Education Statistics must compile data on arts education.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress must include a specified arts assessment.
The bill requires a state's juvenile justice and delinquency plan to describe how the state will coordinate services and activities for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention with arts agencies and arts organizations. Additionally, grants for adult offender reentry demonstration projects may be used for facilitating arts education.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2025 to Jul 23, 2026; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Apr 2, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Jul 23, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 31, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4269 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Sep 15, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 57, March 31, 2025, page H1375.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5463 | Arts Education for All Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 14, 2023 |
| HR 5581 | Arts Education for All Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Oct 15, 2021 |
| S 5635 | Arts Education for All Act | Related bill | Sep 30, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand arts education, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Arts Education for All Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
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