We need YOU to help implement the new ESSA!

This page contains a database of state-specific advocacy information. Click on your state to access legislative and governmental information including deadlines, session dates and budget and Title IV-A data and success stories. The list also contains state advocacy contact information. If a state has a designated contact, you will find their information. If you do not see a contact for your state, please visit the NAfME Federated Associations page to access contact information for your state’s other leadership.

In addition to housing state-specific information, this page will also host state and affiliated MEA guidance for school re-opening and recommendations for music education in schools in the wake of COVID-19.

Please contact our advocacy team at advocacy@nafme.org for further assistance.

Thanks for being part of our grassroots effort to implement ESSA and make a new day for music education!

State Specific Information	Leader	State Reopening Guidance	MEA/ Arts Specific Reopening Guidance
AK	Nancy Dreydoppel	Framework Guidance
AL	Greg Gumina	Alabama, Summer Guidance, 5.20.2020
AR	Jaree Hall	Arkansas Re-entry Guidance 5.20.2020	Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music Return to Play
AZ	Stephanie Campbell	Arizona Reopening Guidance 6.1.2020	AZ-Arts-and-Physical-Education-Re-Entry-Guidelines-5-26-2020
CA	Russ Sperling	CA Reopening Guidance
CO	Carla Aguilar	CO Reopening Guidance
CT	Carolyn Bennett	Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut’s Plan to Learn and Grow Together	CAAA COVID-19 Guidance 2020
DC	Holly Pusch	ReOpen DC Education Guidelines
DE	Dominic Pisano	Returning to School
FL	Kathleen D. Sanz, PhD	Reopening Florida’s Schools
GA	Peter Lemonds	Georgia, Path to Recovery, 6.1.2020
HI	Chet-Yeng Loong	Hawaii Reopening Guidance, 6.2.2020
IA	David Law	Iowa, Summer Guidance, 5.20.2020
ID	BriAnna Crook	Idaho, Re-entry Criteria, 5.4.2020
IL	Brayer Teague	Illinois, Summer Guidance, 5.6.2020
IN	Lane Velayo	IN-Class	Music In Indiana’s Schools
KS	Kelly Knedler	Navigating Change
KY	David Graham	Kentucky, Reopening Guidance, 5.15.2020	KMEA Guidance
LA	Ginny Medina-Hamilton	Strong Start 2020
MA	John Mlynczack	MA Fall School Reopening Guidance
MD	Ronald P. Frezzo	Maryland, Draft Recovery Plan, 5.7.2020
ME	Victoria Cherry	Maine Schools Return to Classroom Instruction Framework
MI	Ryan Shaw	MI Safe Schools
MN	Kristin Chase Casey Clementson	Minnesota, Summer Guidance, 5.29.2020
MO	Jocelyn Prendergast	MSBA Guidance
MS	Hannah Gadd Ardrey and Jordan Langworthy	Considerations for Reopening Mississippi Schools
MT	Dusty Molyneaux	Reopening Montana Schools
NC	Jazzmone Sutton	Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit	NC Arts Ed Recommendations
ND	Brian L. Saylor	North Dakota, Smart Restart Guide, 5.2.2020
NE	Kathleen Ohlman	Nebraska, Summer Guidance, 5.22.2020
NH	Sean F. Meagher	K-12 Back To School Guidance
NJ	Dennis Argul	Restart and Recovery Plan For Education
NM	Brian Uerling	Reentry Guidance
NV	Martha O’Neill	Nevada, Path Forward, 4.28.2020
NY	Lori Orestano-James	Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: the Spirit of New York’s Schools
OH	James Dowdy	Ohio, Reset and Restart, 5.19.2020
OK	James South	Return to Learn Oklahoma
OR	Andie Andeen Laura Arthur	Ready Schools, Safe Learners re-Opening Guidance	Visual and Performing Arts Additional Considerations OSAA Music Return to In-Person Instruction Considerations
PA	Mark Despotakis	Pennsylvania, K-12 Guidance, 6.3.2020  Pennsylvania, Postsecondary and Adult, 6.3.2020
RI	David Neves	Back to School Rhode Island 6.19.20	RIMEA Reopening Guidance
SC	Christine Fisher	AccelerateED Task Force Guidance and Recommendations for 2020–21 School Year	Prioritizing and Promoting Health and Safety in School Music Instruction and Performance Settings
SD	Kimberly Bruguier	Starting Well 2020
TN	Christopher Dye	Reopening Schools	Fine Arts
TX	Michelle Davis	Texas, Summer Instruction, 5.22.2020	UIL Fall 2020 Music Update TEA Public Health Planning Guidance
UT	Christine Wolf	Utah, Draft Discussion Points, 5.21.20	UMEA Guidance
VA	Steve King John Brewington	Phase Guidance for Virginia Schools
VT	Tony Pietricola	A Strong and Healthy Start	COVID-19: Solutions and Recommendations for VT Music Education in 2020-2021
WA	Jim Rice	Reopening Washington Schools	WMEA COVID Reopening Statement
WI	Kay Black	Education Forward
WY	Cindy Schmid	Wyoming Smart Start
WV	Andrea Hasley	West Virginia, Overview of Taskforce, 5.19.2020

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