SBUSD Strategic Arts Plan & Prop 28
Prop 28
Beginning in 2023-24, California’s Proposition 28 provides additional funding for Arts Education in California Public Schools. The amount provided to each District is based on the total student enrollment (70%) plus the amount of low-income students enrolled (30%).
Schools are required to use these funds for hiring additional new arts staff and to supplement and enhance their arts education programs. This may include a variety of subjects, including dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts. School sites are required to develop an annual school plan for spending their Prop 28 funds, approved by the site Principal, detailing how they will expand arts instruction on each school site. Every school receives a new 3-year allocation annually.
Santa Barbara Unified must complete an annual Prop 28 report that includes the following information:
- The number of full-time equivalent teachers, classified personnel, and teaching aides
- The number of pupils served
- The number of school sites providing arts education programs with Prop 28 funds
You can read the SBUSD Proposition 28 Annual report by checking out the document below or by clicking the following links:
23-24 Prop 28 Arts & Music Annual Report
23-24 Prop 28
Annual Report Presentation
SBUSD Proposition 28: Arts and Music in Schools Waiver
Memo: Approval of 23-24 Prop 28 AMS Annual Report
Strategic Arts Plan
SBUSD believes that the Arts (dance, media Arts, music, theater, and visual arts) are a necessary and required component for all students to develop as well-rounded, lifelong learners who contribute to the prosperity and quality of life for the Santa Barbara community. As a result, an opportunity gap analysis was conducted with the previous plan 2013-2018 and a new 2023-2028 plan was developed by the Arts Steering Committee composed of Arts lead teachers and administrators representing various grade levels and schools.