Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2690
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Adult education
Alaska
Archives
Building construction
Colleges
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Construction costs
Curricula
Data banks
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational facilities
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Higher education
Indian education
Language and languages
Language arts
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Mentoring
Minorities
Montana
New Mexico
Pacific Islanders
Parent-school relationships
Preschool education
Scholarships
School buildings
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to require the Secretary of Education to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, Native American language educational organizations, Native American language colleges, Indian tribal governments, organizations that demonstrate the potential to become Native American language educational organizations, or consortia of such entities to establish Native American nests that meet specified requirements for students under the age of seven and families of the students.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, Native American language educational organizations, Native American language colleges or universities where such languages are taught, Indian tribal governments, or consortia of such entities, to operate, expand, and increase the number of Native American language survival schools throughout the United States and its territories for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children. Specifies eligibility requirements for recipients of such funds.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants, or enter into contracts, to establish four demonstration programs that will provide assistance to Native American language survival schools and Native American languages nests located at: (1) Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani College of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, in consortium with the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc., and with other entities if determined to be appropriate by the College; (2) Piegan Institute of Browning, Montana; (3) the Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, in consortium with other entities as the Center determines to be appropriate; and (4) the Native American Studies Department of the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque in consortium with the Linguistic Institute for Native Americans and other entities as determined to be appropriate by the consortium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House