Demands from an open letter drafted by more than 100 NYC teachers received attention during an education executive budget meeting at the City Council Tuesday, as the educators demanded more arts education funding for the city’s Department of Education.
The May 10 meeting saw City Council members, as well as Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, discuss the importance of investing in arts and cultural education within NYC public schools.
The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable – a service organization and community of arts practitioners – launched a campaign called ‘It Starts with the Arts’ several weeks ago, which is encouraging the mayor and city council to boost the current per student arts minimum allocation funding from $79.62 per student to $100 among other demands.