I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5222 
To amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support 
of Native American language survival schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2006 
Mr. CASE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Native American Languages Act to provide 
for the support of Native American language survival 
schools, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Lan-
guages Amendments Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to encourage and support, consistent with 
the policy of the United States as expressed in the 
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Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et 
seq.)— 
(A) the development of Native American 
language survival schools as innovative means 
of addressing the negative effects of past prac-
tices with respect to Native American language 
speakers; and 
(B) the revitalization of Native American 
languages through— 
(i) education in Native American lan-
guages; and 
(ii) instruction in other academic sub-
jects using Native American languages as 
an instructional medium; 
(2) to demonstrate the positive effects of Native 
American language survival schools on the academic 
success of Native American students and the stu-
dents’ mastery of standard English; 
(3) to encourage and support the involvement 
of families in the educational and cultural survival 
efforts of Native American language survival schools; 
(4) to encourage communication, cooperation, 
and educational exchange among Native American 
language survival schools and the administrators of 
Native American language survival schools; 
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(5) to provide support for Native American lan-
guage survival school facilities and endowments; 
(6) to provide support for Native American lan-
guage nests— 
(A) as part of Native American language 
survival schools; or 
(B) as separate programs that will be de-
veloped into more comprehensive Native Amer-
ican language survival schools; 
(7) to support the development of local and na-
tional models that can be disseminated to the public 
and made available to other schools as exemplary 
methods of teaching Native American students; 
(8) to encourage the participation of private 
education in Native American language education; 
(9) to develop support for Native American lan-
guage survival schools at the university level among 
federally funded institutions; and 
(10) to provide direction relative to existing 
provisions of the Native American Languages Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) regarding teacher, staff, 
and student use of Native American languages in 
publicly supported education, including charter 
schools. 
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