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2025 Tariff Impacts on K-12 Music Education

In early 2025, the Trump administration enacted a series of sweeping tariffs designed to recalibrate U.S. trade relationships and stimulate domestic manufacturing. While positioned as an economic safeguard, these tariffs are having a direct and measurable impact on K-12 schools, especially in the performing arts. Letters were sent through WSMA on May 23, 2025 to school administrators/business office personnel and music educators >> Read more here
Quarterly updates will be sent in September, November, February and April to ensure school leaders have key information on this topic to support our students and music educators with their classroom needs. Looking for actionable steps at the classroom and school level?  On September 2, WMEA will release information to support our music educators as they navigate.

WMEA Joins Organizations in Urging OMB and Education Department to Release Education Funds

Wisconsin Music Educators Association has joined 600 nonpartisan organizations in urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Department of Education to immediately release more than $6.8 billion in legally obligated education funding. The agencies’ failure to disburse funds for programs supporting K-12 schools, English learners, out-of-school-time programs, and adult education is already causing widespread harm—including staff layoffs, program cancellations, and disruptions to services that affect over 95,000 schools and 1.2 million adult learners. With the 2025–2026 school year weeks away, continued delays risk further damage to students, families, and educators nationwide. Read the letter and get access to more resources at: https://www.edfundsnow.org/

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