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the arts in CPS INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND ACCESS16 In addition to staffing ratios, the rubric for elementary schools includes measures for instructional minutes and student access to arts instruction. The district recommends that elementary schools provide a minimum of 120 minutes of arts instruction per week for all students. This section examines elementary school performance on the instructional minutes and access to arts instruction criteria. 120 minutes arts instruction/week The discussion in this section applies only to elementary schools; the high school-level measure of access that the Creative Schools Certification Process uses is discussed in the next section. 16 42