Native American Languages Amendments Act of 2006
Latest action · May 24, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 27, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Apr 27, 2006Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Apr 27, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E666-667)
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2674 | Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2006 | Related bill | Apr 27, 2006 |
| HR 4766 | Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | Related bill | Dec 14, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: 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 education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hawaii
- Hawaiians
- Higher education
- Indian education
- Language and languages
- Language arts
- Law
- Leases
- Licenses
- Maintenance and repair
- Minorities
- Montana
- Native Americans
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2006Introduced in House
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