S. 1948 — Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

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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.

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2014-01-16

Introduced in Senate

2014-01-16

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

2014-06-18

Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-510.

2014-07-30

Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

2014-08-26

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.

2014-08-26

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.

2014-08-26

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.

2014-10-01

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.

2014-10-01

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.

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

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