S. 1419: Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-21 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

Plain summary

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to Indian tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, local education agencies, specified schools, regional corporations, private or tribal nonprofit organizations, and consortia of any such entities 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. Grant applicants must present ED with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have an endorsement to provide education primarily through a Native American language. Grantees must: 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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Official text

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1419, Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act (2015-12-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian Schatz (D-HI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1419.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1419 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114