"The Office of Arts and Culture oversees the administration of the Portland Arts Access Fund, which is funded by the $35 Arts Tax Portlanders pay each year. A portion of the tax, which was approved by voters in 2012, pays for the salary for at least one full-time arts teacher to work in every elementary school in Portland."
""The framework articulates what we mean by a high-quality arts education," Dawn Isaacs, the City of Portland's arts education coordinator, said, and "will assess the conditions necessary for a high-quality arts education.""
""Because we have the Arts Access Fund and we are providing funds for (teachers) for the elementary grades," Isaacs said, "we have a vested interest in what are those conditions within the schools, and are those conditions setting teachers up to deliver a high-quality arts education?""
Elementary schools receiving Portland Arts Tax funding will pilot an arts education framework assessment to measure conditions that affect arts instruction quality. The framework was developed by the City of Portland's Office of Arts and Culture in collaboration with Portland State University's Regional Research Institute for Human Services and representatives from participating school districts. The Office administers the Portland Arts Access Fund, financed by a $35 annual Arts Tax that helps pay for at least one full-time elementary arts teacher. Pilot districts include Portland Public Schools, David Douglas, Centennial, Parkrose, Reynolds, and Riverdale. The assessment aims to increase transparency of Arts Tax spending and strengthen supports that enable high-quality arts education.
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