Editorial: Critics say Prop. 28 arts funding is being misspent. School administrators need to show their work

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : We agree, and urge state education officials to demand that school district administrators show their work and demonstrate they are delivering the expanded arts education voters were promised.
51% : Still, it was concerned enough to send all local educational agencies in the state a reminder from state Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond that the law requires funds "be used to supplement arts and music programs, not to supplant.
43% : "It has come to our attention, however, that some school districts in California are willfully violating the law by using the new funds provided by Prop. 28 to replace existing spending for arts education at schools" they wrote in a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders in March.
39% : Proposition 28 was pitched as a way to enhance life-changing arts education at public and charter schools, from preschool to 12th grade, while protecting art programs from being first on the chopping block when budget outlooks worsen.
35% : The California Department of Education has taken the complaints from organized labor and Proposition 28 advocates seriously, though it has not confirmed any misuse.

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