SEC.4642.

ASSISTANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION

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`SEC. 4642. <<NOTE: 20 USC 7292.>> ASSISTANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION.

``(a) Awards to Provide Assistance for Arts Education.--

``(1) In general.--Awards made to eligible entities to

fulfill the purpose described in section 4641(a)(1), shall be

used for a program (to be known as the `Assistance for Arts

Education program') to promote arts education for students,

including disadvantaged students and students who are children

with disabilities, through activities such as--

``(A) professional development for arts educators,

teachers, and principals;

``(B) development and dissemination of accessible

instructional materials and arts-based educational

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programming, including online resources, in multiple

arts disciplines; and

``(C) community and national outreach activities

that strengthen and expand partnerships among schools,

local educational agencies, communities, or centers for

the arts, including national centers for the arts.

``(b) Conditions.--As conditions of receiving assistance made

available under this section, the Secretary shall require each eligible

entity receiving such assistance--

``(1) to coordinate, to the extent practicable, each project

or program carried out with such assistance with appropriate

activities of public or private cultural agencies, institutions,

and organizations, including museums, arts education

associations, libraries, and theaters; and

``(2) to use such assistance only to supplement, and not to

supplant, any other assistance or funds made available from non-

Federal sources for the activities assisted under this subpart.

``(c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary

shall consult with Federal agencies or institutions, arts educators

(including professional arts education associations), and organizations

representing the arts (including State and local arts agencies involved

in arts education).

``(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the

Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that are eligible

national nonprofit organizations.

``(e) Definitions.--In this section:

``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--

``(A) a local educational agency in which 20 percent

or more of the students served by the local educational

agency are from families with an income below the

poverty line;

``(B) a consortium of such local educational

agencies;

``(C) a State educational agency;

``(D) an institution of higher education;

``(E) a museum or cultural institution;

``(F) the Bureau of Indian Education;

``(G) an eligible national nonprofit organization;

or

``(H) another private agency, institution, or

organization.

``(2) Eligible national nonprofit organization.--The term

`eligible national nonprofit organization' means an organization

of national scope that--

``(A) is supported by staff, which may include

volunteers, or affiliates at the State and local levels;

and

``(B) demonstrates effectiveness or high-quality

plans for addressing arts education activities for

disadvantaged students or students who are children with

disabilities.

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