School Funding
Prop 28: Arts and Music in Schools
Prop 28 provides ongoing California funding to arts and music education in public schools. DrumBus® delivers high-quality music education, fully staffed and fully equipped, with every instrument included, an ideal use of funds that cannot go to existing salaries.
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What Prop 28 funds.
Prop 28, the Arts and Music in Schools Act, dedicates ongoing state funding to arts and music education in California public schools. It was created to expand access to visual and performing arts instruction and to help close long-standing equity gaps in arts education.
Who Prop 28 reaches.
Students in TK–12 across California public schools.
Where DrumBus® fits.
DrumBus aligns with Prop 28 because our group drumming programs bring music to life through rhythm, movement, and play. For schools looking to expand arts access in a way that is active, inclusive, and joyful, DrumBus offers hands-on music learning where each student can play from the first beat.
Our 4, 6, and 8-week programs are well suited for schools using Prop 28 to broaden arts participation and create more space for music in students’ lives.
What Prop 28 requires.
Prop 28 funds must be used for arts and music education. For Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) with 500 or more students, at least 80% of expenditures must be used to employ certificated or classified staff who provide arts instruction. Up to 20% may be used for training, supplies, materials, and arts educational partnership programs.
DrumBus programs fit within the 20% allocation for arts educational partnership programs.
How the funds arrive.
Prop 28 funds are distributed to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) through California’s apportionment system, based on enrollment and the share of economically disadvantaged students, with the goal of expanding access and advancing equity.
