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(1) As used in
this section, "Indian tribe" is as defined in section 67-4001, Idaho Code.
(2) It is the policy of the state of Idaho to preserve, protect and
promote the rights of Indian tribes to use, practice and develop their native
languages and to encourage American Indians in the state to use, study and
teach their native languages in order to encourage and promote:
(a) The survival of the native language;
(b) Increased student scholarship;
(c) Increased student awareness of the student's culture and history; and
(d) Increased student success.
(3) The state board of education shall promulgate rules authorizing
American Indian languages teachers to teach in the public schools of this
state.
(4) Each Indian tribe may establish its own system of designation for
individuals qualified to teach that tribe's native language. In establishing
such a system, the tribe shall determine:
(a) The development of an oral and written qualification test;
(b) Which dialects shall be used in the test;
(c) Whether the tribe will standardize the tribe's writing system;
(d) How the teaching methods will be evaluated in the classroom; and
(e) The period of time for which a tribal designation shall be valid.
(5) (a) Each Indian tribe shall provide to the state board of education
the names of those highly and uniquely qualified individuals who have been
designated to teach the tribe's native language.
(b) Upon receiving the names of American Indian languages teachers
designated by an Indian tribe, the state board of education shall
authorize those individuals as American Indian languages teachers in
accordance with rules of the board.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state board of
education shall not require an American Indian languages teacher who has
obtained tribal designation to teach a native language to hold a specific
academic degree or to complete a teacher education program.
(7) (a) An American Indian languages teaching authorization shall qualify
the authorized individual to accept a teaching position or assignment in
any school district of the state that offers or permits courses in an
American Indian language.
(b) A holder of an American Indian languages teaching authorization who
does not also have a teaching certificate as provided in section 33-1201,
Idaho Code, may not teach in a school district of this state any subject
other than the American Indian language for which he or she is authorized
to teach.

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