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‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall create a program that shall 
prepare, recruit, and provide continuing education for 
teachers and administrators of Native American students, 
in particular for teachers of— 
‘‘(1) science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics; 
‘‘(2) subjects that lead to health professions; 
and 
‘‘(3) green skills and ‘middle skills’, including 
electrical, welding, technology, plumbing, and green 
jobs. 
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRA-
TORS.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this 
section may provide incentives to teachers and principals 
who make a commitment to serve high-need, high-poverty, 
tribal schools, including in the form of scholarships, loan 
forgiveness, incentive pay, or housing allowances. 
‘‘(f) SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ORIENTATION.—An 
eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall 
develop an evidence-based, culturally-based school and 
community orientation for new teachers and administra-
tors of Native American students.’’. 
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SEC. 163. NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE 
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
Subpart 2 of part A of title VII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7441 
et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 7126. NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE 
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to improve the skills of qualified individ-
uals that teach Indian people; and 
‘‘(2) to provide an incentive for qualified teach-
ers to continue to utilize their enhanced skills in 
schools serving Indian communities. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purpose of this 
section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(1) a State educational agency or local edu-
cational agency, in consortium with an institution of 
higher education; 
‘‘(2) an Indian tribe or organization, in consor-
tium with a local educational agency; or 
‘‘(3) a Bureau-funded school (as defined in sec-
tion 1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978). 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—For fiscal years 2012 
through 2018, the Secretary is authorized to award grants 
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to eligible entities having applications approved under this 
section to enable those entities to— 
‘‘(1) reimburse individuals who teach Indian 
people with out-of-pocket costs associated with ob-
taining National Board Certification; and 
‘‘(2) providing a minimum of $5,000 but not 
more than a $10,000 increase in annual compensa-
tion for National Board Certified individuals for the 
duration of the Demonstration Project. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information, as the Secretary may require. In re-
viewing applications under this section, the Secretary shall 
ensure that the eligible entities— 
‘‘(1) are located within the boundaries of a res-
ervation; and 
‘‘(2) maintain an average enrollment of at least 
30 percent of students that reside within the bound-
aries of a reservation. 
‘‘(e) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
COMPENSATION
IN-
CREASES.—The Secretary shall require and ensure that 
National Board Certified individuals continue to teach at 
the eligible entity as a condition of receiving annual com-
pensation increases provided for in this section. 
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‘‘(f) PROGRESS REPORTS.—In fiscal years 2015 and 
2018, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
provide a report on the progress of the entities receiving 
awards in meeting applicable progress standards.’’. 
SEC. 164. TRIBAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS. 
Subpart 2 of part A of title VII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7441 
et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 7127. TRIBAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
establish a grant program to permit eligible schools to use 
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian 
languages as the primary language of instruction of all 
curriculum taught at the schools (referred to in this sec-
tion as ‘immersion schools’) in order to increase the num-
ber of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Ha-
waiian graduates at all levels of education, and to increase 
the proficiencies of these students in the curriculum being 
taught. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Secretary may 
award grants to eligible schools to develop and maintain, 
or to improve and expand, programs that support articu-
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