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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2674 

To amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support 

of Native American language survival schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 27, 2006 

Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. BAUCUS, and Mr. JOHNSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Native American Languages Act to provide 

for the support of Native American language survival 

schools, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Lan5 guages Act Amendments Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Section 102 of the Native American Languages Act 

8 (25 U.S.C. 2901) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking paragraph (4); 


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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

2 (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (7), 

3 (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (14), (15), and (16), re4 spectively; 

5 (3) by inserting before paragraph (7) (as redes6 ignated by paragraph (2)) the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) historians and linguists estimate that there 

8 were over 300 distinct Native languages at the time 

9 of first European contact with North America; 

10 ‘‘(2) as of the date of enactment of the Native 

11 American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2006, 

12 there are only about 155 Native languages remain13 ing, and 87 percent of those languages have been 

14 classified as deteriorating or nearing extinction; 

15 ‘‘(3) according to the 2000 decennial census, 

16 only 32.3 percent of the 4,100,000 Native Ameri17 cans report speaking a language other than English 

18 at home; 

19 ‘‘(4) although the actual number and age of the 

20 average fluent speaker of a Native language is un21 known, there have been efforts to suppress and 

22 eliminate Native languages throughout American 

23 history, resulting in fewer speakers who are fluent in 

24 a Native language; 


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1 ‘‘(5) there is a widespread practice of treating 

2 Native languages as if they are anachronisms, which 

3 in the past often resulted in acts of suppression and 

4 extermination of Native languages and cultures; 

5 ‘‘(6) Native Americans in the United States 

6 have special status that recognizes distinct cultural 

7 and political rights, including the right to maintain 

8 separate identities;’’; 

9 (4) by inserting after paragraph (12) (as redes10 ignated by paragraph (2)) the following: 

11 ‘‘(13) during World War II, the United States 

12 employed Native American code talkers who devel13 oped secret means of communication based on Na14 tive languages and who were critical to winning that 

15 war and others;’’; 

16 (5) in paragraph (15) (as redesignated by para17 graph (2)), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

18 (6) in paragraph (16) (as redesignated by para19 graph (2)), by striking the period at the end and in20 serting a semicolon; and 

21 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(17) previous Federal laws have resulted in in23 adequate funding for the enormous task of pre24 serving and supporting Native languages.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are— 

3 (1) to encourage and support, consistent with 

4 the policy of the United States as expressed in the 

5 Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et 

6 seq.)— 

7 (A) the development of Native American 

8 language survival schools as innovative means 

9 of addressing the effects of past discrimination 

10 against Native American language speakers; 

11 and 

12 (B) the revitalization of Native American 

13 languages through— 

14 (i) education in Native American lan15 guages; and 

16 (ii) instruction in other academic sub17 jects using Native American languages as 

18 an instructional medium; 

19 (2) to demonstrate the positive effects of Native 

20 American language survival schools on the academic 

21 success of Native American students and the stu22 dents’ mastery of standard English; 

23 (3) to encourage and support the involvement 

24 of families in the educational and cultural survival 

25 efforts of Native American language survival schools; 


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1 (4) to encourage communication, cooperation, 

2 and educational exchange among Native American 

3 language survival schools and the administrators of 

4 Native American language survival schools; 

5 (5) to provide support for Native American lan6 guage survival school facilities and endowments; 

7 (6) to provide support for Native American lan8 guage nests— 

9 (A) as part of Native American language 

10 survival schools; or 

11 (B) as separate programs that will be de12 veloped into more comprehensive Native Amer13 ican language survival schools; 

14 (7) to support the development of local and na15 tional models that can be disseminated to the public 

16 and made available to other schools as exemplary 

17 methods of teaching Native American students; and 

18 (8) to develop a system of support for Native 

19 American language nests and Native American lan20 guage survival schools through Native American lan21 guage colleges. 

22 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

23 Section 103 of the Native American Languages Act 

24 (25 U.S.C. 2902) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘For the purposes of this title— 

2 ’’ and inserting ‘‘In this title:’’; 

3 (2) by striking paragraph (7); 

4 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (3), (4), 

5 (6), and (8) as paragraphs (6), (13), (12), (7), and 

6 (3), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as 

7 to appear in numerical order; 

8 (4) by inserting before paragraph (2) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(1) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘ele11 mentary school’ has the meaning given the term in 

12 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu13 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’; 

14 (5) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as redesig15 nated by paragraph (3)) the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBALGOVERNMENT.—The term 

17 ‘Indian tribal government’ has the meaning given 

18 the term in section 502 of the Indian Environmental 

19 General Assistance Program Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

20 4368b).’’; 

21 (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(5) The 

22 terms’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(5) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBALORGANIZATION.— 

24 The terms’’; 


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1 (7) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig2 nated by paragraph (3)) the following: 

3 ‘‘(8) NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE.— 

4 The term ‘Native American language college’ 

5 means— 

6 ‘‘(A) a tribally controlled college or univer7 sity (as defined in section 2 of the Tribally Con8 trolled College or University Assistance Act of 

9 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801)); and 

10 ‘‘(B) a single, State-governed college or 

11 university per State (which may operate as part 

12 of a larger college or university) at which 1 or 

13 more Native American languages are dominant 

14 with respect to— 

15 ‘‘(i) instruction; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) use in internal communication 

17 and administration. 

18 ‘‘(9) NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE EDU19 CATIONALORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Native Amer20 ican language educational organization’ means an 

21 organization that— 

22 ‘‘(A) is governed by a board consisting— 

23 ‘‘(i) primarily of Native Americans; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) as many speakers of 1 or more 

2 Native American languages as practicable; 

3 ‘‘(B) is currently providing instruction 

4 through the use of a Native American language 

5 to at least 10 preschool, elementary school, or 

6 secondary school students for at least 700 

7 hours per year per student; 

8 ‘‘(C) has provided instruction through the 

9 use of a Native American language to at least 

10 10 preschool, elementary school, or secondary 

11 school students for at least 700 hours per year 

12 per student for a period of not less than 3 years 

13 before the date of application for a grant or 

14 contract under this title; and 

15 ‘‘(D) may be a public school that meets the 

16 requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

17 (C). 

18 ‘‘(10) NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE NEST.— 

19 The term ‘Native American language nest’ means a 

20 site-based educational program that— 

21 ‘‘(A) enrolls families with children under 

22 the age of 7; 

23 ‘‘(B) is conducted through a Native Amer24 ican language for at least 700 hours per year 

25 per student; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) has the specific goal of strengthening, 

2 revitalizing, or reestablishing a Native Amer3 ican language and culture as a living language 

4 and culture of daily life. 

5 ‘‘(11) NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SURVIVAL

6 SCHOOL.—The term ‘Native American language sur7 vival school’ means a site-based educational pro8 gram— 

9 ‘‘(A) in which a Native American language 

10 is dominant; 

11 ‘‘(B) that expands from a Native American 

12 language nest, as a separate entity or inclusive 

13 of a Native American language nest, to enroll 

14 families with children eligible for elementary 

15 school or secondary school; and 

16 ‘‘(C) that provides a complete education 

17 through a Native American language with the 

18 specific goal of strengthening, revitalizing, or 

19 reestablishing a Native American language and 

20 culture as a living language and culture of daily 

21 life.’’; 

22 (8) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as redes23 ignated by paragraph (3)) the following: 

24 ‘‘(14) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec25 ondary school’ has the meaning given the term in 


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1 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

3 ‘‘(15) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

4 means the Secretary of Education.’’; and 

5 (9) in each paragraph that does not have a 

6 heading, by inserting a heading, in the same style as 

7 the heading in the amendment made by paragraph 

8 (4), the text of which is comprised of the term de9 fined in the paragraph. 

10 SEC. 5. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE NESTS AND SUR11 VIVAL SCHOOLS. 

12 The Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 

13 2901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 108. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE NESTS. 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

17 to, or enter into contracts with, Native American language 

18 educational organizations, Native American language col19 leges, Indian tribal governments, organizations that dem20 onstrate the potential to become Native American lan21 guage educational organizations, or consortia of such enti22 ties for the purpose of establishing Native American lan23 guage nests for— 

24 ‘‘(1) students under the age of 7; and 

25 ‘‘(2) families of the students. 


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1 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A Native American language 

2 nest receiving funds under this section shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) provide instruction and child care through 

4 the use of a Native American language for at least 

5 10 children under the age of 7 for at least 700 

6 hours per year per student; 

7 ‘‘(2) provide compulsory classes in a Native 

8 American language for parents of students enrolled 

9 in a Native American language nest (including Na10 tive American language-speaking parents); 

11 ‘‘(3) provide compulsory monthly meetings for 

12 parents and other family members of students en13 rolled in a Native American language nest; 

14 ‘‘(4) provide a preference in enrollment for stu15 dents and families who are fluent in a Native Amer16 ican language; 

17 ‘‘(5) receive at least 5 percent of the funding 

18 for the program from another source, which may in19 clude any federally funded program (such as a Head 

20 Start program funded under the Head Start Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.)); and 

22 ‘‘(6) ensure that a Native American language 

23 becomes the dominant medium of instruction in the 

24 Native American language nest not later than 6 


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1 years after the date on which the Native American 

2 language nest first receives funding under this title. 

3 ‘‘(c) DIVERSITY AND PRIORITY.—In making grants 

4 and entering into contracts under this section, the Sec5 retary shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) encourage geographic, linguistic, and tribal 

7 diversity, to the maximum extent practicable; and 

8 ‘‘(2) give priority to— 

9 ‘‘(A) a Native American language nest 

10 that— 

11 ‘‘(i) previously received Federal funds; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary, 

14 demonstrates full use of any appropriate 

15 Native American language in each aspect 

16 of the Native American language nest; 

17 ‘‘(B) a Native American language survival 

18 school that— 

19 ‘‘(i) previously received Federal funds; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary, 

22 demonstrates not less than 80 percent use 

23 of any appropriate Native American lan24 guage in each aspect of the Native Amer25 ican language survival school; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the provision of direct educational 

2 services; 

3 ‘‘(D) applicants that have the support of 

4 each appropriate tribal government; and 

5 ‘‘(E) applicants that have researched lan6 guage revitalization and the unique characteris7 tics and circumstances of the languages of their 

8 schools. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 109. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SURVIVAL 

10 SCHOOLS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

12 to, or enter into contracts with, Native American language 

13 educational organizations, Native American language col14 leges, Indian tribal governments, or consortia of such enti15 ties, to operate, expand, and increase the number of Na16 tive American language survival schools throughout the 

17 United States and the territories of the United States for 

18 Native American children and Native American language19 speaking children. 

20 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—As a condition of receiving funds 

21 under subsection (a), a Native American language edu22 cational organization, a Native American language college, 

23 an Indian tribal government, or a consortium of such enti24 ties— 


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1 ‘‘(1) shall have at least 3 years experience in 

2 operating and administering— 

3 ‘‘(A) a Native American language survival 

4 school; 

5 ‘‘(B) a Native American language nest; or 

6 ‘‘(C) any other educational program in 

7 which instruction is conducted in a Native 

8 American language; 

9 ‘‘(2) shall include students who are subject to 

10 State compulsory education laws; and 

11 ‘‘(3) may include— 

12 ‘‘(A) students from infancy through grade 

13 12; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the families of the students. 

15 ‘‘(c) DIVERSITY AND PRIORITY.—In making grants 

16 or entering into contracts under this section, the Secretary 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) encourage geographic, linguistic, and tribal 

19 diversity, to the maximum extent practicable; and 

20 ‘‘(2) give priority to— 

21 ‘‘(A) a Native American language nest 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(i) previously received Federal funds; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary, 

2 demonstrates full use of any appropriate 

3 Native American language in each aspect 

4 of the Native American language nest; 

5 ‘‘(B) a Native American language survival 

6 school that— 

7 ‘‘(i) previously received Federal funds; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary, 

10 demonstrates not less than 80 percent use 

11 of any appropriate Native American lan12 guage in each aspect of the Native Amer13 ican language survival school; 

14 ‘‘(C) the provision of direct educational 

15 services; 

16 ‘‘(D) applicants that have the support of 

17 each appropriate tribal government; and 

18 ‘‘(E) applicants that have researched lan19 guage revitalization and the unique characteris20 tics and circumstances of the languages of their 

21 schools. 

22 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES.—A Native American lan24 guage survival school receiving funds under this sec25 tion— 


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1 ‘‘(A) shall consist of not less than 700 

2 hours of instruction per student conducted an3 nually through 1 or more Native American lan4 guages for at least 15 students for whom a Na5 tive American language survival school is their 

6 principal place of instruction; 

7 ‘‘(B) shall provide direct educational serv8 ices and school support services to students, 

9 which may include— 

10 ‘‘(i) support services for children with 

11 special needs; 

12 ‘‘(ii) transportation; 

13 ‘‘(iii) boarding; 

14 ‘‘(iv) food service; 

15 ‘‘(v) teacher and staff housing; 

16 ‘‘(vi) purchase of basic materials; 

17 ‘‘(vii) adaptation of teaching mate18 rials; 

19 ‘‘(viii) translation and development; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(ix) other appropriate services; 

22 ‘‘(C)(i) shall provide direct or indirect edu23 cational and support services for the families of 

24 enrolled students on site, through colleges, or 

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1 knowledge and use of the Native American lan2 guage and culture; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) may impose a requirement of family 

4 participation as a condition of student enroll5 ment; and 

6 ‘‘(D) shall ensure that within 3 years of 

7 enrollment, all students achieve functional flu8 ency in a Native American language that is ap9 propriate to the unique circumstances and 

10 endangerment status of the Native American 

11 language, with the ultimate goal of academic or 

12 cognitive fluency. 

13 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.—A Native American 

14 language survival school receiving funds under this 

15 section may— 

16 ‘‘(A) include Native American language 

17 nests and other educational programs for stu18 dents who— 

19 ‘‘(i) are not Native American lan20 guage speakers; but 

21 ‘‘(ii) seek— 

22 ‘‘(I) to establish fluency through 

23 instruction in a Native American lan24 guage; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) to reestablish fluency as de2 scendants of Native American lan3 guage speakers; 

4 ‘‘(B) provide instruction through more 

5 than 1 language; 

6 ‘‘(C) provide instruction through a regional 

7 program (as opposed to 1 site) to better serve 

8 geographically dispersed students; 

9 ‘‘(D) include a program of concurrent and 

10 summer college or university education course 

11 enrollment for secondary school students en12 rolled in the Native American language survival 

13 school; 

14 ‘‘(E) provide special support for Native 

15 American languages for which there are very 

16 few or no remaining Native American language 

17 speakers; 

18 ‘‘(F) develop comprehensive curricula in 

19 Native American language instruction and in20 struction through Native American languages, 

21 including— 

22 ‘‘(i) curricula that can be used by 

23 public schools for— 

24 ‘‘(I) instruction through a Native 

25 American language; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) teaching Native American 

2 languages as subjects; 

3 ‘‘(ii) community Native American lan4 guage use in communities served by Native 

5 American language survival schools; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) knowledge of a specific Native 

7 American language gained through re8 search for the purpose of directly aiding 

9 the development of curriculum materials; 

10 ‘‘(G) provide programs in pre-service and 

11 in-service teacher training, staff training, per12 sonnel development, upgrading of teacher and 

13 staff skills, and community resource develop14 ment training, that shall include a program 

15 component that has as the objective of the pro16 gram component increased speaking proficiency 

17 in Native American languages for teachers and 

18 staff employed in Native American language 

19 survival schools and Native American language 

20 nests, which may include— 

21 ‘‘(i) visits or exchanges among Native 

22 American language survival schools and 

23 Native American language nests of teach24 ers, staff, students, or families of students; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) participation in conferences or 

2 special nondegree programs focusing on 

3 the use of 1 or more Native American lan4 guages for the education of teachers, staff, 

5 students, or families of students; 

6 ‘‘(iii) subject to paragraph (3), full or 

7 partial scholarships and fellowships to in8 stitutions of higher education— 

9 ‘‘(I) to provide for the profes10 sional development of faculty and 

11 staff; 

12 ‘‘(II) to meet requirements for 

13 the involvement of the family or the 

14 community of Native American lan15 guage survival school students in Na16 tive American language survival 

17 schools; and 

18 ‘‘(III) to develop resource per19 sonnel for Native American language 

20 programs in public schools; 

21 ‘‘(iv) training in the language and cul22 ture associated with a Native American 

23 language survival school that is provided 

24 by a community or academic expert, in25 cluding credit courses; 


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1 ‘‘(v) structuring of personnel oper2 ations to support Native American lan3 guage and cultural fluency and program 

4 effectiveness; 

5 ‘‘(vi) Native American language plan6 ning, documentation, reference material, 

7 and archives development; and 

8 ‘‘(vii) recruitment for participation in 

9 teacher, staff, student, and community de10 velopment; or 

11 ‘‘(H) rent, lease, purchase, construct, 

12 maintain, or repair educational facilities to en13 sure the academic achievement of Native Amer14 ican language survival school students. 

15 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF FEL16 LOWSHIPS OR SCHOLARSHIPS.—A recipient of a fel17 lowship or scholarship under paragraph (2)(G)(iii) 

18 who is enrolled in a program leading to a degree or 

19 certificate shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) be trained in the Native American 

21 language of the Native American language sur22 vival school, if such program is available 

23 through that Native American language; 

24 ‘‘(B) complete a minimum annual number 

25 of hours in Native American language study or 


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1 training during the period of the fellowship or 

2 scholarship; and 

3 ‘‘(C) enter into a contract that obligates 

4 the recipient to provide the recipient’s profes5 sional services, during the period of the fellow6 ship or scholarship or on completion of a degree 

7 or certificate, in Native American language in8 struction in the Native American language as9 sociated with the Native American language 

10 survival school in which the service obligation is 

11 to be fulfilled. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 110. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec14 tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity, or a consor15 tium of entities (including a Native American language 

16 educational organization in cooperation with a Native 

17 American language college or another entity), that, as de18 termined by the Secretary— 

19 ‘‘(1) has provided support to a Native American 

20 language survival school or a Native American lan21 guage nest during the 5-year period preceding the 

22 date on which the entity receives a grant from, or 

23 enters into a contract with, the Secretary; 

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1 tive American language survival schools or Native 

2 American language nests; and 

3 ‘‘(3) has the support of at least 1 Native Amer4 ican language survival school or Native American 

5 language nest. 

6 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall make 

7 grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities to 

8 establish at least 4 demonstration programs in geographi9 cally diverse locations to— 

10 ‘‘(1) provide assistance to Native American lan11 guage survival schools and Native American lan12 guage nests; and 

13 ‘‘(2) participate in a national study of the lin14 guistic, cultural, and academic effects of Native 

15 American language survival schools and Native 

16 American language nests. 

17 ‘‘(c) PURPOSES.—The demonstration programs shall 

18 be established by 1 or more eligible entities for— 

19 ‘‘(1) the development and operation of the var20 ious components of a regional Native American lan21 guage survival school program and a college-level 

22 Native American language teaching and use pro23 gram that is supportive of Native American lan24 guage survival schools for children from infancy 

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1 ‘‘(2) the provision of assistance in the establish2 ment, operation, and administration of Native Amer3 ican language survival schools and Native American 

4 language nests by such means as— 

5 ‘‘(A) training; 

6 ‘‘(B) hosting informational visits to dem7 onstration sites; and 

8 ‘‘(C) providing a national clearinghouse for 

9 data and information relevant to— 

10 ‘‘(i) teaching Native American lan11 guages; 

12 ‘‘(ii) conducting outreach; 

13 ‘‘(iii) conducting research relating to 

14 Native American language nests and Na15 tive American language survival schools; 

16 ‘‘(iv) offering courses; 

17 ‘‘(v) providing conferences; and 

18 ‘‘(vi) carrying out other activities; 

19 ‘‘(3) the public or private operation of a Native 

20 American language survival school serving children 

21 at least through grade 5; 

22 ‘‘(4) cooperation between Native American lan23 guage survival schools and Native American lan24 guage nests and other indigenous entities across 

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1 aries with respect to the revitalization of Native 

2 American languages; and 

3 ‘‘(5) the use of professional linguists in train4 ing, outreach, conferences, and visitation programs, 

5 and for provision of other assistance, in devel6 oping— 

7 ‘‘(A) orthographies; 

8 ‘‘(B) resource materials; 

9 ‘‘(C) language documentation; 

10 ‘‘(D) language preservation; 

11 ‘‘(E) material archiving; and 

12 ‘‘(F) community support development. 

13 ‘‘(d) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—The demonstration 

14 programs established under this section may employ syn15 chronic and asynchronic telecommunications and other ap16 propriate means to maintain coordination and cooperation 

17 among the programs and with participating Native Amer18 ican language survival schools and Native American lan19 guage nests. 

20 ‘‘(e) SITE VISIT EVALUATIONS.—The demonstration 

21 programs established under this section shall provide di22 rection to the Secretary in developing a site visit evalua23 tion of Native American language survival schools and Na24 tive American language nests. 


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1 ‘‘(f) FOLLOWUP AND DATA COLLECTION.—A dem2 onstration program established under this section may 

3 conduct followup data collection and analysis on students 

4 while the students are in school— 

5 ‘‘(1) to assess how Native American language 

6 survival school students are performing in compari7 son with other students; and 

8 ‘‘(2) to identify instructional methods that are 

9 working and instructional methods that are not 

10 working. 

11 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity shall 

13 make available to the Secretary any information (in14 cluding any curriculum, translation, research, or as15 sessment, and any data collected under subsection 

16 (f)) produced or collected by the eligible entity in 

17 carrying out a demonstration program under this 

18 section. 

19 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary may dis20 tribute any information received under paragraph 

21 (1) to any other entity at no cost to the entity, as 

22 the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—Not less frequently than 

24 once each year, the Secretary shall publish in the 

25 Federal Register a list describing any information 


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1 received under paragraph (1) during the preceding 

2 year. 

3 ‘‘(h) ENDOWMENTS AND FACILITIES.—A demonstra4 tion program established under this section may— 

5 ‘‘(1) establish endowments to further the activi6 ties of the demonstration program relating to the 

7 study and preservation of Native American lan8 guages; and 

9 ‘‘(2) use funds to provide for the rental, lease, 

10 purchase, construction, maintenance, and repair of 

11 facilities. 

12 ‘‘(i) EVALUATION.—Not less frequently than once 

13 each year, the Secretary shall evaluate each demonstration 

14 program that receives assistance under this section using 

15 such criteria as the Secretary determines to be appro16 priate. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 111. ACHIEVEMENT OF STANDARDS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In recognition of the unique cir19 cumstances of Native American language nests and Native 

20 American survival schools, the Secretary shall, by regula21 tion, provide to Native American language nests and Na22 tive American survival schools alternative methods of 

23 achieving national education standards with respect to Na24 tive American language education. 


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1 ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF PARA2 PROFESSIONALS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF PARAPROFESSIONAL.—In 

4 this subsection, the term ‘paraprofessional’ means a 

5 person who, at a Native American language nest or 

6 a Native American survival school— 

7 ‘‘(A) provides educational services relating 

8 solely to Native American language or Native 

9 American culture; or 

10 ‘‘(B) provides bilingual educational assist11 ance to a teacher. 

12 ‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of law (including regulations), a 

15 paraprofessional shall be considered to meet 

16 any applicable requirement relating to qualifica17 tions or training for teachers or staff, with re18 spect to the services and assistance described in 

19 paragraph (1) only, if the paraprofessional— 

20 ‘‘(i) receives a certification from an 

21 Indian tribe associated with the Native 

22 American language used by the paraprofes23 sional; or 

24 ‘‘(ii) is designated as a Native Amer25 ican language expert or a Native American 


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1 cultural expert by a Native American lan2 guage educational organization associated 

3 with the Native American language or cul4 ture taught by the paraprofessional. 

5 ‘‘(B) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In 

6 certifying or designating a paraprofessional 

7 under subparagraph (A), an Indian tribe or Na8 tive American language educational organiza9 tion shall take into consideration whether the 

10 paraprofessional has demonstrated high 

11 achievement with respect to— 

12 ‘‘(i) the Native American language 

13 used by the paraprofessional; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the Native American culture to 

15 be taught by the paraprofessional; or 

16 ‘‘(iii) pedagogy appropriate to the Na17 tive American language or culture to be 

18 taught by the paraprofessional. 

19 ‘‘(C) APPROVALBY SECRETARY.—Not 

20 later than 180 days after the date on which an 

21 Indian tribe or Native American language edu22 cational organization certifies or designates a 

23 paraprofessional under subparagraph (A), the 

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1 cation or designation to the Secretary for ap2 proval. 

3 ‘‘(D) REVIEW.—Not less frequently than 

4 once every 5 years, an Indian tribe or Native 

5 American educational organization shall review, 

6 and revoke, as the Indian tribe or Native Amer7 ican educational organization determines to be 

8 appropriate, a certification or designation under 

9 this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(c) RECOGNITION.—Notwithstanding any other pro11 vision of law, no Federal agency, State or local educational 

12 agency, early childhood education program, institution of 

13 higher education, or other entity that provides or receives 

14 assistance under Federal law shall fail to recognize as 

15 meeting applicable Federal requirements— 

16 ‘‘(1) a satisfactory score of a student of a Na17 tive American language nest or Native American 

18 survival school on a performance assessment in ac19 cordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to 

20 subsection (a); or 

21 ‘‘(2) the training or qualifications of a para22 professional certified or designated under subsection 

23 (b). 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 112. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 

4 years 2007 through 2012.’’. 

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