State and local plans

(a) Section 1111(g) (20 U.S.C. 6311(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) Use of arts education to improve student achievement Each State’s plan shall describe how the State educational agency will— (A) support and encourage the offering of a variety of arts education experiences to students as part of the State educational agency’s overall strategy to improve student achievement in the subjects described in section 8101(52); (B) integrate arts education instruction into the curriculum; (C) increase the number of arts educators, including arts education specialists, in schools; (D) utilize partnerships with specialized teaching artists to train teachers to augment creative thinking techniques into the instruction provided in math, reading, English language arts, science, and other subjects described in section 8101(52); (E) ensure that arts instruction provided in the State is standards-based, as applicable, and sequential with arts courses offered in the grades 6 through 12 building upon such courses offered in earlier grades; (F) increase the number of classes taught by arts educators, including arts education specialists, with a particular focus on classes with high percentages of students who are low-income, students with disabilities, English learners, or students of color; and (G) support partnerships that increase the amount of arts education and creative youth development available in afterschool and summer learning programs.. (b) Section 1112(b) (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (12), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following: (13) how the local educational agency will support learning in the arts and encourage the use of the arts education to improve student achievement consistent with section 1111(g)(5); and.