Advocacy Resources

WAEA Regional Data Map
Click on Map to see interactive version.

What can you see? What do you think is happening? How do you know?

What are some questions we need more data to answer? What are ways we can gather that data?

How can I help?

Improve and add to the Regional Data Map!

Update and Add Comments to the data sheets
shared here!

Join the WAEA Board as an ESD Regional Rep to have greater access to the data!

Senate Bill 5878

It was The Arts Education Equity Initiative, formerly I-1681, brought to the Washington Legislature as a bill! And it passed in 2022!

Link to the Bill.
It is always smart to go to the source and read the law.

This law easily represents the biggest advance for Arts Education this state has ever seen. It requires real equity of Art instruction for ALL Washington students, no matter where they live or what their socio-economic status is. In a time when Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is so desperately needed, this law brings it to them in its most effective and most authentic way--through The Visual and Performing Arts!! Be a part of making good on the promise of real comprehensive, sequential Arts instruction for our kids!

We have to make it happen though.

Link to draft letter to Parent organization to show support for the arts education mandate in your community.
Link to example used in Northshore.

Link to a Google Form that Northshore has used to bolster support.

Advocacy Resources

​Senate Bill 5878

Senate Bill 5878