Commissioner Vij outlines arts education progress and DOE partnership
Vij says the Arts Office is developing pre-K to 12 arts pathways, increased funding from $516 million in FY24 to $563 million in FY25, and DCLA supports arts education through CDF grantees, CASA, and Materials for the Arts.
The final objective of the action plan was to provide high-quality arts education for all NYC school students.
This is as important a commitment as it is difficult to distill into a few indicators.
The Arts Office is advancing equity by developing sequential pre-K to 12 arts pathways across all five arts disciplines, dance, music, theater, visual arts, and media arts.
They've increased arts education funding across NYC public schools and the Arts Office from $516 million in FY24 to approximately $563 million in FY25.
The City Council plays an important role in this, providing nearly $4 million in grants to 223 schools in all City Council districts for additional arts education services in the most recent school year.
While we celebrate this work of the DOE Arts Office, we are eager to collaborate with the DOE to go farther for our students.
DCLA supports arts education in public schools in a myriad of ways.
In FY24, 369 CDF grantees implemented projects that included an education program that served K-12 students.
148 organizations received CASA designation.
from the City Council, which we're proud to administer on your behalf.
And through Materials for the Arts, we are the largest provider of free arts supplies to the public school systems.
MFTA also offers 300 free field trips to Title I schools each year.
In the CIG, the public science institutions are a pillar of science education in our schools through programs like the council-funded Urban Advantage.
New York Hall of Science in Queens is co-located with the Universal Pre-K Center and advised on the creation of three other public education facilities in the borough.