Bill would make advanced arts education equivalent to university degrees

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1. The bill would regulate advanced arts education, defined as degree and postgraduate level education focused on artistic training, and organize it in two cycles: degree and master, with the possibility of doctoral studies through agreements with universities.
2. It creates a new organization by discipline: music, dance, drama, conservation and restoration, visual arts, design, audiovisual arts and creative writing, and the Government may add others.
3. Degrees and Masters in the Arts would be fully equivalent to university degrees of the same level, so they would count wherever a university degree is required.
4. To enter degree programs, students would need a Bachillerato diploma or equivalent and pass a specific entrance test. Entry without the diploma would be limited to cases of extraordinary talent, and people with work experience but no diploma could also be admitted.
5. Schools would gain academic and management autonomy: they would design their degree study plans, define master programs, and could create school networks or arts campuses, collaborate with universities or be attached to them.
6. Students would get specific rights for the first time, such as taking part in the school's institutional project and study plans, and the right to scholarships and study grants on the same terms as university students.
7. Teaching these programs would require a degree plus a specific master in research and teaching in arts education. New teaching corps of professors and chairs for advanced and professional arts education would be created, and becoming a chair would require a doctorate.
8. For professional arts education, music and dance programs would last a minimum of six years, tracks could be created leading to Technician or Higher Technician titles, and their correspondence with the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning would be set.

Who it affects

• Students in advanced arts education: Their degrees would be equivalent to university degrees and they would get the same scholarships and grants, plus new participation rights.
• People who want to enroll in these programs: Entry requirements change: a Government-regulated entrance test, exceptional entry for talent, and a route for people with work experience.
• Teachers in these programs: New teaching corps would be created, new degrees would be required (a specific master, and a doctorate for chairs), and members of corps being phased out could join the new ones.
• Arts schools, public and private: They would gain academic and management autonomy, with new governing bodies such as the School Council and the Faculty Assembly.
• Students in professional music and dance education: They could access tracks leading to Technician or Higher Technician titles and a dual model, with clearer equivalences.

Words worth knowing

Enseñanzas artísticas superiores

Advanced arts studies (degree and master level), such as music, dance, drama, design or conservation and restoration, taught outside universities but at higher education level.

Cuerpos a extinguir

Spanish for corps being phased out: no new positions are offered and their members are gradually moved into the new corps.

Proceso de Bolonia

Bologna process: a European agreement to harmonize higher education, with degree and master programs and mobility between countries.

Enseñanzas artísticas profesionales

Professional arts education below higher education level, such as professional music, dance, visual arts and design programs.

Proyecto de ley

A bill: a text proposing a law while it is being processed in Congress; it is not yet in force.

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