---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 6848"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "6848"
heading: "Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/6848"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter III — Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students"
  - "Part A — English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act"
  - "Subpart 2 — accountability and administration"
---

# §6848. Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico


Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, programs authorized under this part that serve [Native American](/usc/20/7801.md?p=34) (including [Native American](/usc/20/7801.md?p=34) 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](/usc/20/7801.md?p=34) children learning and studying [Native American languages](/usc/20/7801.md?p=34) and children of limited Spanish proficiency, except that an outcome of programs serving such children shall be increased English proficiency among such children.


## 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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3127 of Pub. L. 89–10 was renumbered section 3126 and is classified to section 6847 of this title.