273.11 - STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITING AREA EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
273.11 STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITING AREA EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
1. The state board of education shall develop standards and rules
for the accreditation of area education agencies by July 1, 1997.
Standards shall be general in nature, but at a minimum shall identify
requirements addressing the services provided by each division, as
well as identifying indicators of quality that will permit area
education agencies, school districts, the department of education,
and the general public to judge accurately the effectiveness of area
education agency services.
2. Standards developed shall include, but are not limited to, the
following:
a. Support for school-community planning, including a means
of assessing needs, establishing shared direction and implementing
program plans and reporting progress.
b. Professional development programs that respond to current
needs.
c. Support for curriculum development, instruction, and
assessment for reading, language arts, math and science, using
research-based methodologies.
d. Special education compliance and support.
e. Management services, including financial reporting and
purchasing as requested and funded by local districts.
f. Support for instructional media services that supplement
and support local district media centers and services.
g. Support for school technology planning and staff
development for implementing instructional technologies.
h. A program and services evaluation and reporting system.
i. Support for school district libraries in accordance with
section 273.2, subsection 4. Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1215, §50; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §24
Referred to in § 273.23