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House adopts arts education resolutions; members say task force will map 'arts deserts'
Summary
The House adopted companion resolutions (HR 113 and related measures) directing creation of a task force to assess arts access; Representative Capella said the work will help identify communities lacking arts education and guide efforts to fill gaps.
The House adopted companion resolutions directing work on arts education access and an established task force to map community-level arts availability.
Representative Capella spoke in strong support, thanking advocates from the Hawaii Youth Symphony and saying, "Art is life and so often it's forgotten, it's underfunded, and it's inaccessible in so many communities across our state." She said the resolutions will create "an established task force where we can actually map communities that have art versus communities that don't" and described the mapping as "foundational work for moving arts access forward for our state."
Members took a voice vote on the companion resolutions and the motion to adopt them was carried. Multiple members asked that their words be entered into the journal in support of the measures. The motions to reconsider and the subsequent adoption were handled under a suspension of the rules so the House could consider these measures alongside companion House and Senate items.
What happens next: The resolutions, as adopted, establish the direction for a task force and call for follow-up work to assess gaps in arts education; no specific budgetary appropriation or implementation timeline was included in the House floor remarks recorded in the transcript.
