Section 50-12-32. Purposes

   The Georgia Arts Alliance may have the following purposes:

   (1) To support the efforts of the Georgia Council for the Arts in the advancement of the arts and tourism industries of this state;

   (2) To support through the arts and arts education the efforts of the Georgia Department of Economic Development;

   (3) To support the improvement of public education in Georgia through the integration of the arts in education and to ensure that the benefits of arts education are competitively available to all schools;

   (4) To provide annually to individual public schools enabling matching grants for up to three years for a specified arts program or project for students based on competitive evaluation by the advisory board or a committee of the advisory board of the various proposals;

   (5) To provide annually to the Georgia Council for the Arts an incremental addition to the council's funding from other sources to support professional development of teachers, teaching artists, and administrators for arts in education through learning grants to individuals; and to support employment of an art education specialist in both the Georgia Council for the Arts and the Department of Education;

   (6) To partner with a Learning Center for Excellence in the Arts serving all of Georgia which is owned or operated by an organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is part of a Music Center of Excellence serving all of Georgia and has an infrastructure in place to support at least 50,000 students in kindergarten through grade 12;

   (7) To receive, invest, and administer funds received, including without limitation funds from the state, the federal government, private donations, grants, and other sources to fulfill the purposes for which the alliance is created;

   (8) To attract contributions and grants for the purposes of the alliance;

   (9) To utilize funds of the alliance for matching dollars for federal and foundation grants to fulfill the purposes of the alliance; and

   (10) To engage in other activities designed to support Georgia's arts and the teaching and physical infrastructure needed to provide arts and arts in education in order to improve education and provide for economic development and tourism.

Code 1981, § 50-12-32, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 614, § 1/HB 291.