Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act
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Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Subtitle A: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged - (Sec. 111) Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to facilitate the inclusion of Indian tribes in the school improvement process.
Requires states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools to consult with Indian tribes in the development of school improvement programs.
Exempts students taught through Native American languages from the requirement that all students participate in the state assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards in reading, math, and science.
Requires states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons to accommodate diverse learning styles.
Allows states to use those assessments in place of the general assessments currently required for determining whether students are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards in reading, math, and science.
Allows Indian schools for which the Secretary of the Interior has adopted an alternative definition of AYP to develop, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, an appropriate assessment that is consistent with the requirements for state assessments.
Includes under-performing Indian children as eligible recipients of services under the program providing targeted, rather than school-wide, assistance to schools.
Establishes the process by which the Secretary of the Interior is to approve or disapprove applications by Indian tribes and Indian school boards to adopt a definition of AYP for their schools that is different than the general definition adopted by the Secretary of the Interior for Indian schools.
Establishes an Indian school turn around grant program to assist Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian educational organizations in improving low-performing Indian schools identified by their state. Requires states, annually, to identify as low-performing those Indian and Native Hawaiian schools that are identified as needing improvement and that: (1) are in the lowest-performing 5% of the state's public elementary schools; (2) are in the lowest-performing 5% of the state's public secondary schools that don't award a high school diploma; or (3) in the case of public secondary schools that award a diploma, are in the lowest-performing 5% of such schools in the state or graduate less than 60% of their students.
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Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate with amendment(s)" stage on December 21, 2012. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on December 21, 2012: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 112th Congress (2011-12), 283 of the 10,618 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
DANIEL AKAKA (D-HI) introduced it on June 23, 2011, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 3 Democrats.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 23, 2011, 5558 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 5011 days ago, on December 21, 2012.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 112th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2013 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers