S.Amdt. 2183

SA 2183. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs.
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 40, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

``(IV) the inclusion of students in programs that use a
Native American language, including American Indian, Native
Hawaiian, and Alaska Native languages, as the predominant
medium language of instruction, including programs funded by
the Bureau of Indian Education, who shall have the option to
be assessed in a valid and reliable manner in the language of
instruction and form most likely to yield accurate data on
what such students know and can do in academic content areas,
provided that these students are assessed in English in
reading or language arts, even where such assessment is also
administered in a Native American language;

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