Senate Study Bill 1203 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH) A Resolution to recognize March 2011 as Iowa Arts 1 Education Month. 2 WHEREAS, arts education, which includes dance, 3 music, theater, and the visual arts, is an essential 4 part of basic education for all students, kindergarten 5 through grade 12, providing for balanced learning 6 and the development of the full potential of young 7 minds; and 8 WHEREAS, arts education contributes powerful 9 educational benefits, utilizing well-planned 10 instruction and activities in the arts through which 11 children develop initiative, creative ability, 12 self-expression, self-reflection, critical thinking 13 skills, discipline, a heightened appreciation of 14 beauty, and cross-cultural understanding; and 15 WHEREAS, experience in the arts develops insights 16 and abilities central to the experience of life, and 17 the arts are collectively one of the most important 18 repositories of culture; and 19 WHEREAS, arts education provides interdisciplinary 20 student learning in such essential skills as 21 collaboration and innovation, assisting students with 22 real-life situations and work readiness; and 23 WHEREAS, national leaders have acknowledged 24 the necessity of including arts experiences in all 25 students’ education for the “whole child”; and 26 WHEREAS, March is officially recognized as National 27 -1- LSB 2742SC (3) 84 jr/rj 1/ 2