I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3569 
To improve Indian education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2011 
Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve Indian education, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in 
Schools Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 
1965 
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Subtitle A—Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged 
Sec. 111. Improving the education of students. 
Sec. 112. Standards-based assessments. 
Sec. 113. Native language teaching. 
Sec. 114. Prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are 
neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. 
Subtitle B—Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers and 
Principals 
Sec. 121. Preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers and prin-
cipals. 
Subtitle C—Native American Languages Programs 
Sec. 131. Improvement of academic success of Indian students through Native 
American languages programs. 
Sec. 132. State and tribal education agency agreements. 
Subtitle D—21st Century Schools 
Sec. 141. Safe and healthy schools for Native American students. 
Subtitle E—Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education 
Sec. 151. Purpose. 
Sec. 152. Purpose of formula grants. 
Sec. 153. Grants to local educational agencies and tribes. 
Sec. 154. Amount of grants. 
Sec. 155. Applications. 
Sec. 156. Authorized services and activities. 
Sec. 157. Student eligibility forms. 
Sec. 158. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 159. Amendments relating to tribal colleges and universities. 
Sec. 160. Tribal educational agency cooperative agreements. 
Sec. 161. Tribal education agencies pilot project. 
Sec. 162. Improve support for teachers and administrators of Native American 
students. 
Sec. 163. National board certification incentive demonstration program. 
Sec. 164. Tribal language immersion schools. 
Sec. 165. Coordination of Indian student information. 
Sec. 166. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle F—Impact Aid 
Sec. 171. Impact aid. 
Subtitle G—General Provisions 
Sec. 181. Highly qualified definition. 
Sec. 182. Applicability of ESEA to Bureau of Indian Education schools. 
Sec. 183. Increased access to resources for tribal schools, schools served by the 
Bureau of Indian Education, and Native American students. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 201. Amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 to provide funding for Indian programs. 
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Sec. 202. Qualified scholarships for education and cultural benefits. 
Sec. 203. Tribal Education Policy Advisory Group. 
Sec. 204. Division of budget analysis. 
Sec. 205. Qualified school construction bond escrow account. 
Sec. 206. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 207. Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 
Sec. 208. Technical amendments to Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. 
TITLE III—ADDITIONAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Native American student support. 
Sec. 302. Ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American lan-
guages. 
Sec. 303. In-school facility innovation program contest. 
Sec. 304. Retrocession or reassumption of certain school funds. 
Sec. 305. Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Over-
sight Board. 
Sec. 306. Feasibility study to transfer the Bureau of Indian Education to the 
Department of Education. 
Sec. 307. Tribal self-governance feasibility study. 
Sec. 308. Establishment of Center for Indigenous Excellence. 
TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 
1965 
Subtitle 
A—Improving 
the 
Aca-
demic Achievement of the Dis-
advantaged 
SEC. 111. IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS. 
Part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 1111— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘rep-
resentatives of Indian tribes located in the 
State,’’ after ‘‘other staff,’’; 
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