Arts and Music in Schools—Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act: allowable uses: pooled funding: certifications

The law gives local educational agencies clearer rules for showing Proposition 28 arts funds add to—not replace—existing arts spending. It also makes school-level plans, waivers, and spending information more public.

What the law does ​

• Adds curriculum, instructional materials, and professional development to allowable arts education uses, aligned with state arts or preschool learning standards.
• Allows local educational agencies to pool school allocations if each school receives spending proportional to its allocation and its expenditure plan is followed.
• Establishes a formula for certifying that local arts spending supplements existing funding, accounting for expired resources and new non-Proposition 28 resources.
• Requires annual, board-approved spending reports by September 30 and public posting of reports, school or preschool expenditure plans, and approved waivers.
• Requires local educational agencies, beginning in 2027–28, to certify Proposition 28 compliance at every schoolsite.
• Narrows annual audit review to whether funds were spent consistent with required certifications.

Who it affects ​

• School districts, county offices of education, charter schools, the California School for the Blind, and the California School for the Deaf.
• Schoolsite principals and preschool program directors.
• Teachers, classified staff, teaching aides, and pupils participating in arts education programs.
• The California Department of Education and local governing boards.

Context ​

Proposition 28 provides a continuing annual state funding source for K–12 public-school arts education.