"A new education act was approved by the Norwegian parliament making education in Sámi an individual right for all Sámi children in the whole country . . . Both [Sweden and Finland] have Sámi language acts which give speakers of Sámi the right to use Sámi in contact with the authorities in the Sámi administrative areas. Sámi varieties are used as languages of instruction in some special Sámi schools in Sweden (grades one to six) and in Finland in public schools in the Sámi home area (grades one to nine)." However, Rasmussen & Nolan note that even when Sámi pupils have the right to Sámi-medium education, there may not be any offered by schools and parents may be unaware of their legal right to request education in Sámi.