3.0.0 5222 2023-01-13T04:48:42Z 2023-01-13T04:48:42Z House H HR 2006-04-27 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2006-05-24T20:31:41Z Referred to 2006-04-27T13:09:05Z Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 109 4766 HR 2006-12-14 Became Public Law No: 109-394. Related bill CRS Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2006 109 2674 S 2006-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Related bill CRS 2006-05-24 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2006-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2006-04-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E666-667) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 N Native Americans Academic performance Adult education Alaska Archives Building construction Charter schools College costs Colleges Commerce Conferences Construction costs Curricula Data banks Day care Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability 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 Law Leases Licenses Maintenance and repair Minorities Montana Pacific Islanders Paraprofessional school personnel Parent-school relationships Performance measurement Preschool education Private schools Public-private partnerships Rating of teachers Scholarships School buildings School personnel Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Native Americans 00 2006-04-27 Introduced in House 2006-12-18T17:28:13Z Native American Languages Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide funds to Native American Language Educational Organizations (Organizations) (or organizations demonstrating potential to become one), Native American Language Colleges, Indian tribal governments, or a consortia of such entities to establish Native American Language Nest programs (site-based education programs conducted through a Native American language) for students under age seven and their families.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with such entities to operate Native American Language Survival Schools for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children. Permits the use of grant and contract funds to provide full or partial higher education scholarships and fellowships for the professional development of faculty and staff.

Requires the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to establish four specified demonstration programs that will provide assistance to schools and nests through grants to: (1) the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc. in consortium with the Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani; (2) Piegan Institute of Browning, Montana; (3) the governing board of Window Rock Unified School District No. 8 and its Indian Education Committee on the Navajo Reservation; and (4) the Alaskan Federation of Natives, in consortium with other appropriate entities.

Directs the Secretary to recognize the unique circumstances of education in Native American languages and to provide for the meeting of national educational standards through alternative means in the area of Native American language education.

Outlines provisions for: (1) performance assessments of students, teachers, and staff in Native American language survival schools and Native American language nests; and (2) prohibitions on restrictions on Native American language use in federally funded educational activities.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for the inclusion of support for Native American language nests and Native American language survival schools in federal support for private education and charter schools; (2) assure that such support is coordinated as part of a unified effort for Native American language revitalization; and (3) look to Native American language educational organizations to lead coordinated public-private cooperative efforts to revitalize Native American languages.

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