Arts and Music in Schools Funding (VAPA)

The Arts and Music in Schools initiative, also known as Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA), provides additional funding for arts education in California public schools. On November 8, 2022, California voters approved Proposition 28: The Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act. The measure required the state to establish a new, ongoing program supporting arts instruction in schools beginning in 2023–24.

The legislation allocates 1 percent of the kindergarten through grade twelve (K–12) portion of the Proposition 98 funding guarantee provided in the prior fiscal year, excluding funding appropriated for the Arts and Music in Schools education program. Education agencies that receive Arts and Music in Schools funding must submit a report approved by its local governing board to the California Department of Education, and the report must be posted on the LEA's website.