‘‘(17) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(18) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘State educational agency’ has the meaning 
given to that term in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(19) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘trib-
al organization’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE NESTS AND SUR-
VIVAL SCHOOLS. 
The Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 
2901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 108. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE NESTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to, or enter into contracts with, Native American language 
educational organizations, Native American language col-
leges, Indian tribal governments, organizations that dem-
onstrate the potential to become Native American lan-
guage educational organizations, or consortia of such enti-
ties for the purpose of establishing Native American lan-
guage nests for— 
‘‘(1) students under the age of 7; and 
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‘‘(2) families of the students. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A Native American language 
nest receiving funds under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) provide instruction and child care through 
the use of a Native American language for at least 
10 children under the age of 7 for at least 700 
hours per year per student; 
‘‘(2) provide compulsory classes in a Native 
American language for parents of students enrolled 
in a Native American language nest (including Na-
tive American language-speaking parents); 
‘‘(3) provide compulsory monthly meetings for 
parents and other family members of students en-
rolled in a Native American language nest; 
‘‘(4) provide a preference in enrollment for stu-
dents and families who are fluent in a Native Amer-
ican language; 
‘‘(5) receive at least 5 percent of the funding 
for the program from another source, which may in-
clude any federally funded program (such as a Head 
Start program funded under the Head Start Act); 
and 
‘‘(6) ensure that a Native American language 
becomes the dominant medium of instruction in the 
Native American language nest not later than 3 
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years after the date on which the Native American 
language nest first receives funding under this title. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants or entering into 
contracts under this section, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to— 
‘‘(1) previously federally funded Native Amer-
ican language nest programs that continue to dem-
onstrate full use of their target Native American 
language or languages in all aspects of their pro-
gram; 
‘‘(2) previously federally funded Native Amer-
ican language survival school programs that con-
tinue to demonstrate no less than 80 percent use of 
their target Native American language in all aspects 
of their program; 
‘‘(3) maximum geographic, linguistic, and tribal 
diversity in each funding period; 
‘‘(4) the provision of direct educational services; 
‘‘(5) applicants that have the support of each 
appropriate tribal government; and 
‘‘(6) applicants that have researched language 
revitalization and the unique characteristics and cir-
cumstances of the languages of their schools. 
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