Arts Education Funding
Learn about local funders for arts education and explore funding strategies for arts education in schools.
- Funding Opportunities
- Creative Sonoma Grants
Funding Opportunities
- Create CA What is the Local Control Accountability Plan?
- Create CA Video Playlists to Understand Local Control Funding Formula
OVERVIEW: Learn more about this important funding stream.
- CA Department of Education Website Updated March 2024 (FAQs is continually being updated)
- Create CA “What We Know So Far” Nov 2023
- “Expanding the Arts through Prop 28” CA School Board Assoc Summer 2023
For parents and community:
- Resource Doc for Community Based Organizations May 2024
- Your Arts Education Rights in California April 2024
- Parent and Guardian Reference Guide February 2024
- Create CA Presentación para compartir información Sept 2023
- Create CA: One-pager for Parents | Un buscapersonas para padres Sept 2023
For schools:
- CDE Portal to submit waivers, reports, and certifications. Live on April 11, 2024.
- CDE AMS Financial & Audit Requirements March 2024
- EdSource Webinar Raising the curtain on Prop 28 March 2024
- CDE 2nd Webinar March 2024 (Walk through of waiver process, summary of audit guide, outline of mandated reporting and certification obligations)
- CDE 2nd Webinar – screenshots of slide deck March 2024
- CDE Webinar Feb 2024 (Curriculum Frameworks guidance at 28:05) (CTC at 34:40) (Arts Ed Framework implementation at 52:09) (Create CA at 1:08:01)
- Create CA Planning Toolkit Jan 2024
- Prop 28 Ed Code taken from California Legislative Information
- $ Entitlements to be distributed in Feb 2024 to Schools Districts
- Research about benefits tied to LCFF priorities
- 8 Steps for Great Arts Advocacy in Your District Courtesy Orange County Arts Now Oct 2023
- Prop 28 Webpage CA County Superintendents
- Community of Practice Folder CA County Superintendents Updated Aug 2023
- Prop 28 Resources Folder Courtesy San Mateo County Office of Education
- Send a blank email to join Prop 28 ListServ join-prop28@mlist.cde.ca.gov
- Parent & Family Engagement Presentation Stanislaus County Office of Education
- Survey Examples Stanislaus County Office of Education
- Strategic Planning Guide Create CA
- Arts Education Alliance “Questions and Responses” from School VAPA Leaders Meetup 4-5-23
- Talking Points for Fielding Questions from LEAs CA County Superintendents
- Questions/Discussions Prop 28 & Your School District Windsor Unified School District
Credentialing/Hiring
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- CA Dance Ed Assoc Tips Sheet More Dance in More Schools
- CSU San Marcos Paves Path for More Arts Teachers
- Prop 28 and Teacher Education Video of Eric Engdahl presenting to Institutes of Higher Ed 2023
- Tipsheet for hiring arts educators CA County Supt Arts Initiatives
- Prop 28 FAQ Commission on Teacher Credentialing
- Approved Credentialing Institutions
- Credentialing Dance Teachers
- CA Department of Education Expanded Learning Opportunities Program
- Stanlislaus County Office of Ed Shared Slide Deck
- Alliance for California Traditional Arts
- California Arts Council
- California County Superintendents
- California Department of Education
- Community Foundation Sonoma County
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Sonoma County Vintners Foundation Community Grants Program
- Stuart Foundation
- The Mockingbird Foundation
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- U.S. Dept of Education
This Creative Sonoma grant program, made possible by funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, provides funding to Sonoma County Public School Districts to develop, enhance or implement their strategic arts plans. Learn more HERE. CURRENTLY CLOSED.
Grant program for nonprofit arts and culturally specific organizations to support arts programs that have either county-wide, neighborhood, or youth impact. Learn more, register for workshops, and apply HERE. CURRENTLY CLOSED
From Spring 2018 through December 2019, Creative Sonoma offered free teaching artist residencies to Sonoma County K-12 public schools in response to the October 2017 Wildfires. The residencies were based on best practices of trauma-informed arts instruction to build resilience and encourage empathy. To read more about the program, click HERE.
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