termines appropriate) and may be revoked by the 
granting entity. 
‘‘SEC. 112. PROHIBITIONS ON RESTRICTIONS ON NATIVE 
AMERICAN LANGUAGE USE IN FEDERALLY 
FUNDED EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
Federal law, no Federal agency, State educational agency, 
local educational agency, early childhood education pro-
gram, institution of higher education, educational service 
agency, or any other entity providing or receiving edu-
cational assistance under any Federal Act shall fail to rec-
ognize and support the right of Native Americans to ex-
press themselves in Native American languages in publicly 
supported education. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND QUALIFICA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other Federal law, no Fed-
eral agency, State educational agency, local educational 
agency, early childhood education program, institution of 
higher education, educational service agency, or any other 
entity providing or receiving educational assistance under 
any Federal Act shall fail to recognize as meeting Federal 
requirements any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Satisfactory scores on performance assess-
ments of students, staff, and teachers carried out 
consistent with section 111. 
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‘‘(2) Training and qualifications of teachers, 
staff, and paraprofessionals carried out consistent 
with section 111. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DELIV-
ERY OF PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBSTITUTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LAN-
GUAGE.—Notwithstanding any other Federal law, no 
Federal agency, State educational agency, local edu-
cational agency, early childhood education program, 
institution of higher education, educational service 
agency, or any other entity providing or receiving 
educational assistance under any Federal Act shall 
fail to allow substitution of a Native American lan-
guage in serving Native Americans where English is 
otherwise required for the administration, develop-
ment, or delivery of programs. 
‘‘(2) MODEL FOR DEVELOPING ENGLISH LAN-
GUAGE SKILLS.—Notwithstanding any other Federal 
law, Native American language survival schools and 
Native American language nests that follow a model 
endorsed by a teacher certification unit of a Native 
American language college for developing English 
language skills shall be considered as meeting any 
requirements relative to the teaching of English. 
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‘‘(d) STUDENT ACCESS TO NATIVE AMERICAN LAN-
GUAGE PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other Federal 
law, no Federal agency, State educational agency, local 
educational agency, early childhood education program, in-
stitution of higher education, educational service agency, 
or any other entity controlling or funding the educational 
curriculum of Native American students and providing or 
receiving educational assistance under any Federal Act 
shall deny the request of the parents of 15 or more such 
Native American students in the same school or edu-
cational site for a particular program using or teaching 
a particular Native American language for their children 
if— 
‘‘(1) the parents have identified a willing teach-
er who meets the applicable Federal and State re-
quirements relative to qualifications and training; 
and 
‘‘(2)(A) similar programs are provided for simi-
lar groups of students for other non-English lan-
guages at the school or educational site; 
‘‘(B) the program is one of gradual transition 
to English medium education; 
‘‘(C) the program is a Native American lan-
guage nest program; or 
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‘‘(D) the program serves Native American lan-
guage speaking children with a Native American lan-
guage survival school program. 
‘‘(e) COLLEGE CREDIT FOR PROFICIENCY IN NATIVE 
AMERICAN
LANGUAGES.—Notwithstanding any other 
Federal law, no institution of higher education receiving 
assistance under any Federal Act shall deny the request 
of a Native American student— 
‘‘(1) to use secondary school study of a Native 
American language to meet entrance requirements to 
that institution of higher education when parallel 
quality and quantity of content in secondary school 
foreign language study is acceptable for such en-
trance requirements; 
‘‘(2) to receive college credit applicable to gen-
eral requirements of a degree equivalent to college 
credit accorded study of a foreign language, or 
through a foreign language, at that institution of 
higher education— 
‘‘(A) when the student has passed, at that 
institution of higher education, a college course 
in, or through, a Native American language, 
which is parallel in quantity and quality of con-
tent to a course in, or through, a foreign lan-
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guage offered at that institution of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(B) when the student has taken, at an-
other institution, a college course in, or 
through, a Native American language which is 
parallel in quantity and quality of content to a 
course in, or through, a foreign language of-
fered at that institution of higher education; or 
‘‘(C) when the student demonstrates 
through an appropriate examination, proficiency 
in a Native American language equivalent to 
the level of proficiency in a foreign language for 
which credit is given by that institution of high-
er education; or 
‘‘(3) to have an equitable prorated fraction of 
his or her tuition used to hire a teacher or contract 
a program provider in any particular Native Amer-
ican language if— 
‘‘(A) the student is part of a group of at 
least 15 Native American students with the 
same or different Native American language in-
terests making such a request for the same aca-
demic year; 
‘‘(B) the students have identified a teacher 
or teachers qualified under section 111(b) as a 
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