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HR 4214 113th Congress House Native Americans Academic performance and assessments Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Foreign language and bilingual programs Minority education Teaching, teachers, curricula

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

Introduced: March 12, 2014 Introduced by: Cole, Tom Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Mar 12, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 12, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to schools and private or tribal nonprofit organizations to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from the prekindergarten through postsecondary level, of Native American languages as their primary language of instruction.

Requires grant applicants to present the Secretary with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have the capacity to provide education primarily through a Native American language.

Requires grantees to:

  • support Native American language education and development;
  • develop or refine instructional curricula for the schools they support, including distinctive teaching materials and activities;
  • fund training opportunities for school staff that strengthen the overall language and academic goals of their schools; and
  • engage in other activities that promote Native American language education and development.
What's happening now June 13, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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