New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) is committed to providing all public school students with universal access to a high-quality arts education. Since the launch of the ArtsCount initiative in 2007, the NYCPS Arts Office has increased the accountability for and transparency of arts education in all NYC public schools. Each spring, the Arts Office administers the Annual Arts Education Survey to all public schools to collect information on schools’ arts programming. The information gathered from the Annual Arts Education Survey and from internal NYCPS databases is used to track school compliance with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) arts instructional requirements and guidelines.