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Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

Introduced: January 16, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 1, 2014
By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-265.
Aug 26, 2014
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
Aug 26, 2014
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 30, 2014
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 18, 2014
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-510.
Jan 16, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Jan 16, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
 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 tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, schools, and private or tribal nonprofit organizations to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, 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;
  • develop a Native Language alignment plan to create or refine assessments of student proficiency; and
  • engage in other activities that promote Native American language education and development.
What's happening now October 1, 2014

By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-265.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1