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 1   accredited.  The accreditation team shall report
 2   strengths and weaknesses, if any, for each
 3   accreditation standard and shall advise the area
 4   education agency of available resources and technical
 5   assistance to further enhance the strengths and
 6   improve areas of weakness.  An area education agency
 7   may respond to the accreditation team's report.
 8     3.  The state board of education shall determine
 9   whether a program of an area education agency shall
10   receive initial accreditation or shall remain
11   accredited.  Approval of area education agency
12   programs by the state board shall be based upon the
13   recommendation of the director of the department of
14   education after a study of the factual and evaluative
15   evidence on record about each area education agency
16   program in terms of the accreditation standards
17   adopted by the state board.
18     Approval, if granted, shall be for a term of three
19   years.  However, the state board may grant conditional
20   approval for a term of less than three years if
21   conditions warrant.
22     4.  If the state board of education determines that
23   an area education agency's program does not meet
24   accreditation standards, the director of the
25   department of education, in cooperation with the board
26   of directors of the area education agency, shall
27   establish a remediation plan prescribing the
28   procedures that must be taken to correct deficiencies
29   in meeting the program standards, and shall establish
30   a deadline date for correction of the deficiencies.
31   The remediation plan is subject to the approval of the
32   state board.
33     5.  The area education agency program shall remain
34   accredited during the implementation of the
35   remediation plan.  The accreditation team shall visit
36   the area education agency and shall determine whether
37   the deficiencies in the standards for the program have
38   been corrected and shall make a report and
39   recommendation to the director and the state board of
40   education.  The state board shall review the report
41   and recommendation and shall determine whether the
42   deficiencies in the program have been corrected.
43     6.  If the deficiencies in an area education
44   program have not been corrected, the agency board
45   shall take one of the following actions within sixty
46   days from removal of accreditation:
47     a.  Merge the deficient program with a program from
48   another accredited area education agency.
49     b.  Contract with another area education agency or
50   other public educational institution for purposes of

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