Issues
1. Devaluation of the Arts
Visual arts programs are often considered supplemental rather than essential to education. Across the United States, they receive scant funding. Art programs are underdeveloped and usually the first to go during rampant budget cuts.
Source: https://pitjournal.unc.edu/2023/01/05/arts-integration-implementing-a-critical-yet-devalued-core-subject-into-us-public-schools/In America, around 4 million elementary school students don’t have access to visual arts classes.
Source: https://www.www.americansforthearts.orgOnce every 10 years, the overall percentage of schools making arts classes available to their students drops by 20%.
Source: https://www.seadae.org/ (State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education) 
2. Defunding of the Arts
Only 3.2% of the total education budget in the United States is devoted to funding for arts education.
Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/
About 27% of American public high schools in high-poverty areas report no music instruction.
Source: https://missourireview.com/
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies says Wisconsin spends about 18 cents per capita on arts funding. That’s compared to about $9.67 in Minnesota and $5.11 in Illinois. Thus, Wisconsin ranks last in arts funding.
Source: https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-ranks-last-in-arts-funding