| FY2010
state arts advocacy agenda for
MISSOURI CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS
MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL
$500,000 appropriated for the core
general revenue budget of the Missouri Arts
Council.
• This $500,000 request represents
core funding from general revenue for the
Missouri Arts Council.
• Remove $10 million cap on general
revenue from statute.
MISSOURI CULTURAL TRUST
Transfer of $18.42 million of the
tax from non-resident athletes and entertainers
who work in Missouri to the Missouri Arts
Council Trust Fund.
• This request represents the $10.8
million core and an increase of $7.62 million.
• 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%).
• The actual amount collected for
FY2008 (as reported by the Missouri Department
of Revenue) is approximately $28 million
annually.
• MCA strongly encourages the commitments
to the arts community by maximizing funding
for program grants, honoring commitments
to the CIP participants, addressing staffing
shortages and reinvestment to the Trust.
• MCA will oppose any attempts to
allow other groups to benefit from A&E
revenues.
MISSOURI FINE ARTS ACADEMY
Appropriate $352,100 for 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
• Encourage Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education (DESE) to work with
the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education
(MAAE) in utilizing the MAP Fine Arts Assessment
in two urban school districts.
• Encourage DESE to reinstate a required
3000 minutes per school year of fine arts
instruction by arts specialists in Missouri
public middle schools/junior high schools.
• Support proposed legislation creating
fine arts professional development opportunities
for teachers.
The FY2008 MCA arts
advocacy agenda was voted upon at
MCA’s Annual Meeting on October 20,
2008 in Joplin, Missouri.
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