# 119-s-5635: Arts Education for All Act

119-s-5635, Arts Education for All Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5635
- Congress: 119
- Title: Arts Education for All Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-17

## Summary

**Would elevate arts education** as a core pillar across early childhood, K–12, juvenile justice, and national research. It would expand training, curriculum integration, reporting, and afterschool programming, and would authorize arts use in reentry while directing the National Assessment of Educational Progress to include an arts assessment. - Families and students: K–12 students would face stronger, standards-based and sequenced arts instruction and expanded afterschool and summer arts opportunities. Schools would report arts offerings, enrollment, staffing, and access broken down by poverty quartile. - Teachers and schools: Early childhood and arts teachers would get new training focuses, coaching, and pathways to full arts certification or licensure, with added emphasis on hiring and supports in high-need classrooms. - Juvenile justice, research, and assessment: Juvenile systems would coordinate with arts agencies and could use arts education in reentry to connect youth to education and jobs. The bill would authorize large-scale peer‑reviewed research on arts instruction and direct the National Assessment of Educational Progress to include an arts assessment.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Arts programs for youth reentry: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require State juvenile justice plans to coordinate services with State and local arts agencies and arts organizations. It would add arts access to criteria for programs serving neglected and delinquent youth. The bill would also authorize using arts education in specified…
- Child care training adds arts: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would change the Child Care and Development Block Grant rules so supported child care programs must offer provider training, coaching, or professional development on evidence-based child development practices. These key strategies would include nutrition, age-appropriate screen…
- Afterschool programs can add arts: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let 21st Century Community Learning Centers partner with arts organizations and community arts nonprofits to provide creative youth development. It would also let afterschool programs provide staff professional development in arts education. The bill does not require prog…
- More arts in K–12 schools: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require State education plans to describe how arts education will raise achievement, be integrated into curricula, and expand arts staffing. It would ask States to ensure standards-based, sequential arts courses through grades 6–12 and focus on schools serving many low-in…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-5635 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5635)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4504)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5635 (as of 2026-10-17).