Is Arts Education defined in North Carolinas Basic Education Plan (BEP), Public School Law 115C-81?
The Basic Education Plan (BEP), required by the General Assembly and adopted by the State Board of Education in 1985, describes a “program of instruction which is fundamentally complete and which would give the student a thorough grounding in these areas: ARTS EDUCATION [DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE ARTS AND VISUAL ARTS], English language arts (communication skills), guidance, healthful living [health education and physical education], information skills and computer skills, mathematics, science, second languages, social studies and vocational [career-technical] education.” (BEP, p1, 1994) { TOP }