potential hire of the institution of higher edu-
cation or pursuant to contracted services from 
a program provider; 
‘‘(C) the course offered or the program 
provided, which may be a distance education 
program or a summer program, is to be parallel 
in quantity and quality of content to a course 
in, or through, a foreign language offered for 
credit by the institution of higher education; 
and 
‘‘(D) the program provider is, or is specifi-
cally endorsed by, an Indian tribe, a Native 
American language college, or a Native Amer-
ican language educational organization associ-
ated with the language to be taught. 
‘‘SEC. 113. PARTICIPATION BY PRIVATE EDUCATION ENTI-
TIES AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall provide 
for the inclusion of support for Native American language 
nests and Native American language survival schools in 
Federal support for private education and charter schools, 
shall assure that such support is coordinated as part of 
a unified effort for Native American language revitaliza-
tion, and shall look to Native American language edu-
cational organizations to lead coordinated public-private 
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cooperative efforts to revitalize Native American lan-
guages. 
‘‘(b) RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Notwith-
standing any other Federal law, no State educational 
agency or local educational agency receiving Federal fund-
ing to fund charter schools shall exclude the granting of 
a charter and funding for a Native American language 
nest or Native American language survival school based 
on— 
‘‘(1) use of a Native American language as its 
medium of instruction when approved by a tribe as-
sociated with the language of instruction, or as ap-
propriate, a Native American language organization 
associated with the language of instruction; 
‘‘(2) action or inaction to comply with this Act; 
‘‘(3) curriculum, if that curriculum is approved 
by the teacher certification unit of a Native Amer-
ican language college; 
‘‘(4) geographic location if that location is with-
in boundaries served for other public educational 
purposes by that State educational agency or local 
educational agency, to include Indian Reservations 
and other lands associated with Native Americans; 
or 
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‘‘(5) joint administration with other schools, in-
cluding other charter schools, when such administra-
tion is by a Native American language educational 
organization that provides programing meeting the 
definition of a Native American language nest or 
Native American language survival school. 
‘‘(c) RELATING TO FEDERAL SUPPORT OF PRIVATE 
EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
Federal law, no State educational agency or local 
educational agency receiving Federal funding to 
fund education in private schools shall exclude such 
support to a private Native American language nest 
program or to a private Native American language 
survival school program based on— 
‘‘(A) use of a Native American language as 
its medium of instruction when approved by a 
tribe associated with the language of instruc-
tion, or as appropriate, a Native American lan-
guage organization associated with the language 
of instruction; 
‘‘(B) action or inaction to comply with this 
Act; 
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‘‘(C) curriculum, if that curriculum is ap-
proved by the teacher certification unit of a Na-
tive American language college; 
‘‘(D) geographic location if that location is 
within boundaries served for public educational 
purposes by that State educational agency or by 
that local educational agency, to include Indian 
Reservations and other lands associated with 
Native Americans; or 
‘‘(E) 
joint 
administration 
with 
other 
schools. 
‘‘(2) BYPASS.—When State or local law pre-
cludes the support of private education by the State 
educational agency or the local educational agency, 
Native American language educational organizations 
shall be used by the Federal Government to fund 
private Native American language nests, private Na-
tive American language survival schools, and other 
Native American language programs in private 
schools to the extent that entities other than a State 
educational agency or a local educational agency are 
allowed to serve this purpose under Federal law.’’. 
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SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 
2901 et seq.), as amended by section 5, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 114. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2012.’’. 
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