American language teachers, training programs 
for teachers in schools to utilize Native Amer-
ican language materials, tools, and interactive 
media to teach a Native American language; 
and 
‘‘(G) the development of Native American 
language materials, such as books, audio and 
visual tools, and interactive media programs. 
‘‘(f) ASSURANCE.—A eligible entity awarded a grant 
under this section shall provide an assurance that each 
instructor of a Native American language under a pro-
gram supported with grant funds under this section is cer-
tified to teach such language by the Indian tribe whose 
language will be taught. 
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—After the completion of the 
fourth year of a grant awarded under this section, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) carry out a comprehensive evaluation of 
the programs carried out by the grantee with grant 
funds; and 
‘‘(2) provide a report on the evaluation to the 
grantee, the tribe or tribes whose children are served 
by the program, and parents of the children served. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
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to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and 
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 132. STATE AND TRIBAL EDUCATION AGENCY AGREE-
MENTS. 
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘Subpart 5—State and Tribal Education Agency 
Agreements 
‘‘SEC. 3151. STATE AND TRIBAL EDUCATION AGENCY 
AGREEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to fa-
cilitate efforts by tribal education agencies and State edu-
cational agencies to partner with each other in order to— 
‘‘(1) improve the academic achievement of In-
dian children and youth who reside on reservations 
and tribal lands; and 
‘‘(2) promote tribal self-determination in edu-
cation. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘tribal education agen-
cy’ means an agency or administrative unit of an Indian 
tribe that is authorized by the tribe to have primary re-
sponsibility for regulating, administering, or supervising 
early learning or elementary and secondary education on 
reservations or tribal lands. 
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‘‘(c) AUTHORITY FOR ELIGIBLE TRIBAL EDUCATION 
AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive the au-
thority and funds authorized under paragraph (3), 
an eligible tribal education agency shall enter into 
an agreement, subject to approval by the Secretary, 
with the appropriate State educational agency to as-
sume the State educational agency’s responsibility 
for carrying out activities specified in the agreement 
under 1 or more of the programs identified in para-
graph (3)(B)(ii) on the eligible tribal education 
agency’s reservation or tribal lands. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In order for a tribal edu-
cation agency to receive the authority or funds de-
scribed in paragraph (3), pursuant to an agreement 
with the State educational agency— 
‘‘(A) the eligible tribal education agency’s 
tribe must have a reservation or tribal lands 
(which may be an Alaska Native village), as 
recognized under Federal or State law, on 
which 1 or more publicly administered schools 
are operating under State law; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 50 percent of the stu-
dents enrolled in each such school must be Indi-
ans. 
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‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
TRIBAL
EDUCATION
AGENCY 
WITH AN APPROVED AGREEMENT.—In the case of an 
eligible tribal education agency that has an approved 
agreement in place, as described in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall, consistent with the agreement— 
‘‘(A) treat the eligible tribal education 
agency as a State educational agency for the 
purposes of— 
‘‘(i) carrying out on the reservation or 
tribal lands, the activities specified in the 
agreement under 1 or more of the pro-
grams listed in subparagraph (B)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) section 444 of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, 
commonly known as the ‘Family Edu-
cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’); 
and 
‘‘(B) provide, or have the State educational 
agency provide, to the eligible tribal education 
agency a proportion of the funds that are avail-
able to— 
‘‘(i) carry out State-level activities; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) as applicable, award subgrants 
under 1 or more of the following programs, 
as provided for in the agreement: 
‘‘(I) State grants under part A of 
title I. 
‘‘(II) Grants under this Act that 
support school turnaround efforts. 
‘‘(III) Grants under this Act for 
the purpose of assessing achievement. 
‘‘(IV) The teacher and principal 
training and recruiting fund under 
part A of title II. 
‘‘(V) Grants under the English 
Language Acquisition, Language En-
hancement, and Academic Achieve-
ment Act under part A of title III. 
‘‘(VI) The education of migratory 
children program under part C of title 
I. 
‘‘(VII) Grants provided for the 
education of homeless children and 
youth. 
‘‘(VIII) Prevention and interven-
tion programs for children and youth 
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