3.0.0 1419 2023-01-11T13:31:05Z 2023-01-11T13:31:05Z Senate S 2015-05-21 114 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Reported by 2016-02-29T23:01:40Z Markup by 2015-10-21T18:15:00Z Referred to 2015-05-21T16:36:43Z S. Rept. 114-215 2016-02-29 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376. Calendars 2016-02-29 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-215. Committee 2016-02-29 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-215. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress slia00 Indian Affairs Committee 2015-10-21 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2015-05-21 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-05-21 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-05-21 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-05-21 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-05-21 True 2015-12-18T21:32:14Z S. 1419, Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51099 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on October 21, 2015 Native Americans Academic performance and assessments Congressional oversight Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Minority education Student records Teaching, teachers, curricula Native Americans 00 2015-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-14T16:59:19Z Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award grants to Indian tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, specified schools, Regional Corporations, private or tribal nonprofit organizations, and consortia of any such entities 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 Department with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have an endorsement 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.
]]> 01 2016-02-29 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2017-02-01T17:22:34Z Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to Indian tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, local education agencies, specified schools, regional corporations, private or tribal nonprofit organizations, and consortia of any such entities 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.

Grant applicants must present ED with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have an endorsement to provide education primarily through a Native American language.

Grantees must:

  • 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.
]]> Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act Display Title Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1419rs/xml/BILLS-114s1419rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1419is/xml/BILLS-114s1419is.xml 2016-02-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.