"According to the city, the Arts Access Fund pays for one arts teacher per 500 elementary school students. For the 2024-2025 school year, $7.8 million went to schools from arts tax money.

“Prior to the Arts Access Fund, there were 31 full-time arts teachers and educators serving K-5 students across Portland schools,” Dawn Isaacs, the City of Portland’s arts education coordinator said in a press release in December. “In the 2023-24 school year, there were 111. That increase is directly related to the Arts Access Fund.” "