‘‘(iii) high achievement in pedagogy 
appropriate to the Native American culture 
of instruction; 
‘‘(B) include an annual report on progress 
made in meeting the plan; 
‘‘(C) be submitted annually to the approv-
ing entity under subparagraph (D) by January 
31; and 
‘‘(D) be approved or rejected by July 15— 
‘‘(i) by the teacher certification unit 
of a Native American language college for 
cases where such a college agrees to be the 
approving entity; or 
‘‘(ii) by any other entity or entities 
which the Secretary shall recognize or es-
tablish for such purposes. 
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS OF STUDENTS, 
TEACHERS AND STAFF IN NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE 
SURVIVAL SCHOOLS AND NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE 
NESTS.—Notwithstanding any other Federal law requir-
ing performance assessments of students, teachers, or 
staff (including sections 1111 and 9101(23) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), any Na-
tive American language survival school or Native Amer-
ican language nest— 
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‘‘(1) shall have the option of satisfying Federal 
performance assessment requirements through an-
nual demonstration of appropriate student, teacher, 
or staff performance in an evaluation and research 
instrument package that the school or language nest 
develops; and 
‘‘(2) such alternative evaluation and research 
instrument packages shall— 
‘‘(A) be based on— 
‘‘(i) high global academic achieve-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) high achievement in the Native 
American language and culture of instruc-
tion; and 
‘‘(iii) the curriculum of the program; 
‘‘(B) include a report on achievement dur-
ing the previous year relative to the evaluation; 
‘‘(C) be submitted annually to the approv-
ing entity under subparagraph (D) by July 31; 
and 
‘‘(D) be approved or rejected by February 
1— 
‘‘(i) by the teacher certification unit 
of a Native American language college for 
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cases where such a college agrees to be the 
approving entity; or 
‘‘(ii) by any other entity or entities 
which the Secretary shall recognize or es-
tablish for such purposes. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING
AND QUALIFICATIONS
OF OTHER 
TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF 
NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
Federal law requiring teacher or staff training or 
qualifications, any teacher or paraprofessional who 
solely teaches a Native American language or culture 
or who works as a paraprofessional to provide bilin-
gual education assistance to a teacher of Native 
American children shall have the option of satisfac-
torily demonstrating appropriate qualifications for 
employment under Federal law (including section 
9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965) through— 
‘‘(A) certification by an Indian tribe asso-
ciated with the language used by the teacher or 
paraprofessional; 
‘‘(B) designation as a qualified Native 
American language expert by a Native Amer-
ican language educational organization associ-
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ated with the language used by the teacher or 
paraprofessional; 
‘‘(C) designation as a qualified Native 
American language expert by the teacher cer-
tification unit of a Native American language 
college; or 
‘‘(D) participation in an alternative certifi-
cation program under subsection (b) in associa-
tion with a consenting Native American lan-
guage survival school or Native American lan-
guage nest when such a school or language nest 
exists for the target language. 
‘‘(2) EVIDENCE OF CERTIFICATION.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), evidence of certification or 
designation under such paragraph shall be provided 
to the State in which the program is located. 
‘‘(3) REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—Certification 
granted by an Indian tribe under paragraph (1)(A), 
designation granted by a Native American language 
educational organization or a teacher certification 
unit under paragraph (1)(B) or (C), and certifi-
cation granted through an alternative certification 
program pursuant to paragraph (1)(D), shall be 
subject to review by the granting entity every 5 
years (or more frequently if the granting entity de-
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