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House panel hears sponsor, UAF witnesses on bill to create Alaska Native Languages academic task force
Summary
House Bill 387 would create a joint legislative Alaska Native Languages Academic Task Force to review academic activity, teacher training and research; Representative Andy Story and University of Alaska Fairbanks witnesses said revitalization work is underway but will require additional resources. The committee set an amendment deadline of May 5 at 3 p.m.
Representative Andy Story introduced House Bill 387 to the House Education Committee on May 4, describing it as legislation to establish a joint legislative Alaska Native Languages Academic Task Force charged with reviewing academic activities, evaluating linguistic research and recommending strategies to grow language teachers and researchers.
“There's a lot of good efforts going on across the state, and in many ways, revitalization is happening,” Story said, calling the proposed task force…
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