US House Appropriations Committee Proposes Cutting Department of Education’s Only Arts Grant Program

The US House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Republican Tom Cole of Oklahoma, advanced a budget proposal that could cut funding from the Department of Education’s only arts grant.Erin Harkey, CEO of the advocacy nonprofit Americans for the Arts, told Hyperallergic that eliminating the department’s Assistance for Arts Education program “would reduce support for critical work that students, educators, and communities depend on, including teacher professional development, acc