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$25M Concept for ESEA reauthorization: Funds appropriated to the U.S. Department of Education would be provided to the National Endowment for the Arts for projects to support comprehensive school improvement in arts education. The program will help ensure that the education of children in grades Pre-K - 12 includes the arts, both as a core subject and as a method of engaging students in learning across the curriculum to meet high standards. Funds would be provided to state and local education agencies, cultural institutions, institutions of higher education, and consortiums of public and private agencies, institutions and organizations to: 1. Increase instructional opportunities for children to participate in and increase their understanding of or skills in the arts, and provide learning opportunities for children to utilize their skills in the arts to enhance learning in other subjects; 2. Provide professional development opportunities in the arts for arts professionals, teachers of the various art forms and teachers from other subject areas; 3. Provide leadership development opportunities for education administrators, and policy makers to understand how the arts can be used in education to advance overall school improvement, strengthen educational opportunities and expand community involvement in education. The attached project examples are samples of arts education projects approved for NEA funding in FY 99, and are typical of the types of projects that would be supported in above-proposed ESEA concept.