Cherokee Language Immersion School Could Become Public

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Cherokee language immersion school could become public
Change would alter funding, entry requirements, testing
By Wendy Burton
June 26, 2011

Cherokee Nation’s private language immersion school in Tahlequah could become a chartered public school under the amended Oklahoma Charter School Act.

The act, amended in 2001, now allows tribes to sponsor language-immersion charter schools. The Cherokee Nation is applying for charter status for the 2011-2012 school year.

The Cherokee Nation immersion school (tsa la gi tsu na de lo qua s di in the Cherokee language) began in 2001 as a private preschool.

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