NAfME News 2018 Midterm Elections Webinar ALF members can help promote the next quarterly advocacy webinar, which will be held Wednesday, October 10th. The webinar is free. Registration can be found here. Federal News House passes $854B spending bill to avert shutdown The House on Wednesday passed an $854 billion spending bill to avert an October shutdown, funding large … [Read more...]
Save the Date! – 2019 Symposium
Save the date! The 2019 Symposium on Music Teacher Education: Cultivating Perspectives and Practices will be held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, September 12-14, 2019. Please see this letter from the Executive Board regarding the location decision. The call for proposals will be released soon with an anticipated closure date of April 15, 2019. We look … [Read more...]
Music Education Policy Roundup – September 21, 2018
Here is the latest policy news, provided by NAfME: GAAME Act Update NAfME is pleased to announce our endorsement of Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) Guarantee Access to Arts and Music Education (GAAME) Act (S. 3391), which was released on August 28. The legislation is a companion bill to the House of Representative’s GAAME Act, which was released in June. You can read more about … [Read more...]
Music Education Policy Roundup – August 13, 2018
NAfME News Perkins-Career and Technical Education Act Signed into Law Following swift passage by the House and Senate, President Trump signed the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act into law on July 31st. To find out more about the opportunities included for music education, check out Friday’sblog post. National News Donald Trump Signs First Major … [Read more...]
Music Education Policy Roundup – July 23, 2018
Welcome to the latest edition of the Policy Roundup, put together by Rob Edwards and Tooshar Swain. NAfME News GAAME Act Update Thanks in large part to the efforts of advocates on NAfME Hill Day 2018, we are pleased to report that the GAAME Act has 51 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. There are 49 Democrats and 3 Republicans signed on to the bill. Furthermore, … [Read more...]