Sec. 7131. National activities
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Subpart 3 of part A of title VII ( 20 U.S.C. 7451 et seq. ) is amended— in section 7131— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking under section 7152(b) and inserting to carry out this subpart ; in paragraph (1), by striking the education and inserting improving the academic achievement and development ; by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (2); in paragraph (2), as redesignated by clause (iv), by striking Indians; and and inserting Indian students; ; and by inserting after paragraph (2), as redesignated by clause (iv), the following: provide technical assistance and logistical support to grantees under this subpart; and ; and by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: Research activities supported under this section— shall be coordinated with appropriate offices within the Department; and may include collaborative research activities that are jointly funded and carried out by the Bureau of Indian Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. ; by striking sections 7132, 7133, 7134, 7135, and 7136; and by adding at the end the following: It is the purpose of this section to improve educational opportunities and academic achievement of Indian and Alaska Native students through Native American language programs and to foster the acquisition of Native American language. In this section, the term eligible entity means a State educational agency, local educational agency, Indian tribe, Indian organization, federally supported elementary school or secondary school for Indian students, Indian institution (including an Indian institution of higher education), or a consortium of such entities. The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to enable such entities to carry out the following activities: Native American language programs that— provide instruction through the use of a Native American language for not less than 10 children for an average of not less than 500 hours per year per student; provide for the involvement of parents, caregivers, and families of students enrolled in the program; utilize, and may include the development of, instructional courses and materials for learning Native American languages and for instruction through the use of Native American languages; provide support for professional development activities; and include a goal of all students achieving— fluency in a Native American language; and academic proficiency in mathematics, English, reading or language arts, and science. Native American language restoration programs that— provide instruction in not less than 1 Native American language; provide support for professional development activities for teachers of Native American languages; develop instructional materials for the programs; and include the goal of increasing proficiency and fluency in not less than 1 Native American language. An eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require. An eligible entity that submits an application for a grant to carry out the activity specified in subsection (c)(1), shall include in such application a certification that assures that such entity has experience and a demonstrated record of effectiveness in operating and administering a Native American language program or any other educational program in which instruction is conducted in a Native American language. The Secretary shall make grants under this section only on a multi-year basis. Each such grant shall be for a period not to exceed 5 years. In this section, the term average means the aggregate number of hours of instruction through the use of a Native American language to all students enrolled in a Native American language program during a school year divided by the total number of students enrolled in the program. Except as provided in paragraph (2), not more than 5 percent of the funds provided to a grantee under this section for any fiscal year may be used for administrative purposes. An elementary school or secondary school for Indian students that receives funds from a recipient of a grant under subsection
(c)for any fiscal year may use not more than 10 percent of the funds for administrative purposes. The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education, shall conduct a study of the relationship among State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and other relevant State and local agencies, and tribes or tribal representatives to— identify examples of best practices in collaboration among those entities that result in the provision of better services to Indian students; and provide recommendations on— State educational agency functions that tribal educational agencies could perform; areas and agency functions in which greater State educational agency and tribal education agency collaboration is needed; and other steps to reducing barriers to serving Indian students, especially such students who are at risk of academic failure. .
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