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Gilroy Unified adopts five‑year strategic arts plan, expands K–12 arts with Proposition 28 funds
Summary
Trustees approved a 2025–2030 strategic arts plan that uses Proposition 28 allocations (roughly $1.6 million annually, per staff) to expand K–12 arts offerings, with 80% of site funds directed to staffing and a staged five‑year implementation plan.
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education voted May 8 to adopt a five‑year strategic arts plan covering 2025–2030 that staff said will be funded primarily with Proposition 28 allocations.
Ed Services coordinator Kanani Pratt told trustees that Proposition 28 funds began arriving in 2023 and, by law, require approximately 80% of site allocations be spent on certificated or classified staffing. Pratt and arts lead John Souza described program expansions already under way: weekly theater for…
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