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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".19" citation="COMAR 14.39.02.19" title_num="14" subtitle_num="39" chapter_num="02" heading="Maintenance.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Comprehensive Maintenance Plan.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A comprehensive maintenance plan is a written plan approved by the local board of education that describes a strategy for maintaining public school facilities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Annually, each LEA shall submit to the IAC a comprehensive maintenance plan that is compatible with the local educational facilities master plan and the local capital improvement program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The IAC or its designee shall notify the LEA of concerns and recommendations about the comprehensive maintenance plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The LEA shall resolve the IAC's issues to the reasonable satisfaction of the IAC or its designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The IAC may determine a project is ineligible for planning approval or funding approval for an existing school if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The school is not properly maintained; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The LEA does not have an adequate preventive maintenance program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Maintenance Surveys.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Annual Surveys.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The IAC shall annually survey the maintenance conditions at selected schools in each LEA. The survey shall rate:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Buildings and site components at the schools surveyed; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Each school overall.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Within 45 days of receiving notice from the IAC or its designee that a school has been rated less than adequate in any category of building or site component, the LEA shall submit to the IAC a plan of how and when the deficiencies will be corrected.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If a condition is identified that presents a hazard to occupants of the building or the threat of serious damage to the building, the LEA shall take immediate corrective action and notify the IAC of the steps it has taken.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Annual Report. The IAC shall annually publish a report summarizing the annual surveys.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>