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Native Advocates Ramp Up Support for Sen. Tester’s Language Bill
Rob Capriccioso<http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/advanced/search?fq[0]=ts_field_full_name%3ARob%20Capriccioso>
3/11/14
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Just before Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) took up the gavel of the Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs in February, he introduced the Native Language
Immersion Student Achievement Act, which would amend the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to provide increased federal financial
support to Native American language programs at American Indian-focused
schools.

If passed, the bill would establish a grant program to support schools
using Native American languages as their primary language of instruction.
The legislation would appropriate $5 million for fiscal year 2015, and
“such sums as may be necessary for each of the succeeding 4 fiscal years.”
The secretary of the Department of Education would be responsible for
making grant awards to eligible institutions each of the years, and
grantees would be required to submit annual reports.

“We are racing against the clock to save and revitalize our sacred Native
American languages,” Tester said when he announced the bill. “Preserving
Native languages will strengthen Indian culture and increase student
confidence—leading to greater academic achievement and a stronger economy.”
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