“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed education budget includes $100 million for art and music in the classrooms. This is a laudable step in the right direction, but it doesn’t address the critical need to restore the state’s arts infrastructure. The miserly million allocated to the California Arts Council was required to match a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funds from the arts license-plate program and other sources make up a total agency budget of $3.2 million. At its peak in 2001, the Arts Council had a budget of $32 million.”