; (B) recommended practices for age-appropriate exposure to screen media; and (C) the integration and utilization of instructional methods to assist learning across disciplines, including methods that use the arts, language, literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies. . II Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 201. References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ). 202. State and local plans (a) Section 1111(g) ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) Use of arts education to improve student achievement Each State’s plan shall describe how the State educational agency will— (A) support and encourage the offering of a variety of arts education experiences to students as part of the State educational agency’s overall strategy to improve student achievement in the subjects described in section 8101(52); (B) integrate arts education instruction into the curriculum; (C) increase the number of arts educators, including arts education specialists, in schools; (D) utilize partnerships with specialized teaching artists to train teachers to augment creative thinking techniques into the instruction provided in math, reading, English language arts, science, and other subjects described in section 8101(52); (E) ensure that arts instruction provided in the State is standards-based, as applicable, and sequential with arts courses offered in the grades 6 through 12 building upon such courses offered in earlier grades; (F) increase the number of classes taught by arts educators, including arts education specialists, with a particular focus on classes with high percentages of students who are low-income, students with disabilities, English learners, or students of color