To support a national network and technical assistance services; meetings and convenings; and research documentation and publication activities of the arts education partnership (AEP).

The Education Commission of the States received a $1,050,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support the Arts Education Partnership (AEP). The award, issued on October 1, 2021 for a one-year period concluding September 30, 2022, will fund AEP's operation of a national network and technical assistance services, meetings and convenings, and research documentation and publication activities. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. This award will allow AEP to advance its mission of building and sustaining collaborative partnerships among arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations to advance learning in, through and about the arts for all students.