<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Parents can refuse to have their children tested in English (or tested period!) -- like they have done in Hawaii at Punana Leo.<BR>
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Organizations such as Punana Leo and Piegan Institute have brought this issue of the contradiction in federal legislation between NCLB and the Native American Languages Act to the attention of our national leaders, our congressional representatives, and our state educational offices. We both testified at the Senate Committe on Indian Affairs to this effect.<BR>
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<B>Rosalyn LaPier</B><BR>
Piegan Institute<BR>
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