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FY2011 state arts advocacy agenda for
MISSOURI CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS
MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL & MISSOURI
CULTURAL TRUST
In FY2010 $10.185 million was appropriated
from the tax from non-resident athletes
and entertainers who work in Missouri to
the Missouri Arts Council Trust Fund. For
FY2011 MCA recommends the legislature and
the Governor continue to fund the Missouri
Arts Council Trust Fund.
• New Decision Item we are asking
for:
o an increase of $200,000 in Federal Spending
Authority to allow MAC to accept any possible
increases in Federal Funds,
• Missouri Citizens for the Arts (MCA)
will work for the restoration of full funding
from the Non-Resident Professional Athletes
& Entertainers Tax (Section 143.183
RSMo).
The Non-resident Athletes & Entertainers
Tax (A&E Tax) is the personal income
tax on professional athletes and entertainers
when they play or perform in the State of
Missouri. It is collected by the State of
Missouri and, by Statute, a designated amount
is to be distributed among the following
five Cultural Partners: Missouri Arts Council
Trust Fund, (60%); Missouri State Library
Networking Fund, (10%); Missouri Humanities
Council Trust Fund, (10%); Missouri Public
Broadcasting Corporation Special Fund, (10%);
and the Missouri Historic Preservation Revolving
Fund, (10%).
• MCA supports the A&E distribution
formula for the five Cultural Partners.
MCA does not support expanding or revising
the distribution formula.
MISSOURI FINE ARTS
ACADEMY
Support state funding to restore
the budget of the Missouri Fine Arts Academy.
• The Academy is a three-week residential
program for 220 rising high school juniors
and seniors who are gifted in the arts.
ARTS EDUCATION IN
MISSOURI SCHOOLS
• Support legislation creating fine
arts professional development through regional
fine arts coordinators.
• Encourage the State Board of Education
to reinstate a required 3,000 minutes per
school year of fine arts instruction by
arts specialists in Missouri public middle
schools/junior high schools.
The FY2011 MCA arts advocacy agenda
was voted upon at
MCA’s Annual Meeting on November 11,
2009 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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