Prop 28 News Today

Voters approved $1 billion a year in new arts education funding, but there are questions about how districts are spending the money.

The arts are historically underfunded in public education, but this fall, California schools will have access to an unprecedented amount of money for the programs.

Dorsey High has a history of musically talented alumni. But deep cuts to arts funding meant years of students went without music education.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond recently joined fellow proponents of Proposition 28, passed by voters in 2022, to launch the Promise of Proposition 28 during a press conference to discuss how funding for the program to bring arts and music to California schools will be implemented.

With 10 days left in the school year, Oakland teachers are still on strike with no clear end in sight.

SFUSDs youth arts festival is underway, and the three decade-long tradition has expanded this year after a three-year hiatus due to COVID.

SFUSDs youth arts festival is underway, and the three decade-long tradition has expanded this year after a three-year hiatus due to COVID.

California voters are deciding whether to set aside roughly $1 billion per year for arts programs in public schools. Watch this space for live results once the polls close.

Supporters of Prop 28, the K-12 art & music funding initiative see benefits of arts ed. People opposed to the proposal think there are more effective ways to preserve, and ensure arts programs.

Here's a voter resource you may want to bring with you to your polling place or voting center this Election Day, November 8: a printable, downloadable at-a-glance guide to the California Propositions, including Props 26 and 27 (both of which address legalizing sports betting).