The Perpich Center for Arts Education’s State Arts High Schools,has, for quite some time now, been a very important model for arts centered high schools, while also serving as one of the nation’s most important centers for K-12 arts education.
Governor Tim Pawlenty has submitted a budget which cuts away $2.2 million of a overall budget of $7 million, while eliminating “outreach” efforts and converting the high school to a charter school.
This would be a loss for the entire field of arts education.
Read the Statement by The Perpich Center on the proposed cuts.