NEA ARTS EDUCATION CAUCUS: The Importance of Art in Education

The NEA Fine Arts Caucus is established:

to promote fine arts and fine arts education in all public schools in the US;
to influence the creation and maintenance of policy responsive to the needs of fine arts educators within the state affiliates and the NEA;
to actively work toward the implementation of policy through participation and influence on the NEA committees and governance bodies;
to provide a mechanism to support candidates for NEA office who will most benefit the cause of furthering Fine Arts Education within the nation;
to provide a mechanism by which NEA fine arts educators and advocates may introduce recommendations, secure support, and initiate action on concerns of fine arts members at the national, state and local level;
to introduce, enact and monitor "pro-arts" new business items, legislative intitiatives and resolutions at the annual NEA RA;
to increase awareness among all educators of the need of fine arts specialists in the regular school program;
to build a base on arts advocates who will work with arts educators to promote the goals of the caucus;
to encourage the establishment of Fine Arts Caucuses at the state and local level of NEA affiliates.

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