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Board delays vote on arts and music block grant spending plan for budget committee review
Summary
VAPA staff presented a spending plan pairing Prop H and a one-time state VAPA grant to fund arts/music across elementary, middle and high schools; board members asked for more detail and the item was held for discussion at a special budget committee meeting before board action.
The Board heard a presentation on Oct. 23 from Visual and Performing Arts supervisors outlining a proposed spending plan for the arts and music block grant that combines Prop H per-pupil allocations with a one-time state VAPA grant. Rob Daniels and Antigone Trumes described central and per-capita allocations and said central funds would address startup costs and equity gaps (for example, instruments for band programs at under-resourced…
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