20 USC § 6848 - Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico
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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s6848"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 6848 - Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "6848"
section_name: "Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title III, § 3127, formerly § 3128, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title III, § 301, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1705; renumbered § 3127, Pub. L. 114–95, title III, § 3001(2)(B), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1953.)"
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# § 6848. Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, programs authorized under this part that serve Native American (including Native American Pacific Islander) children and children in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may include programs of instruction, teacher training, curriculum development, evaluation, and assessment designed for Native American children learning and studying Native American languages and children of limited Spanish proficiency, except that an outcome of programs serving such children shall be increased English proficiency among such children.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title III, § 3127, formerly § 3128, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title III, § 301, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1705; renumbered § 3127, Pub. L. 114–95, title III, § 3001(2)(B), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1953.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior was renumbered section 3126 and is classified to .