Some post NACIQI updates on AVMA COE recognition

Some quick updates here ahead of the holidays, courtesy of an email from NACIQI Executive Director Carol Griffiths...

NACIQI's Recommendations

In its recommendations, provided here courtesy of Ms. Griffiths, NACIQI gave the COE six months to address the committee's findings of continuing non-compliance (quoting from the staff report):

• "The agency must demonstrate wide acceptance among educators and practitioners. [§602.13]
• "The agency must ensure it has and applies a compliant student achievement standard. [§602.16(a)(1)(i)]
• "The agency must compliant [sic] written policies for its systematic program of review and demonstrate that it involves all of the agency's relevant constituencies in the review and affords them a meaningful opportunity to provide input into the review. [§602.21(a)(b)]
• "The agency must ensure that it has compliant written policies for its revision of standards. [§602.21(c )]"

And twelve months to address the two new violations- one from USDE staff, one from the committee (quoting from the letter from Ms. Griffiths):

• "the agency’s compliance with wide acceptance among practitioners under section §602.13; (emphasis added)
• "the agency administrative capability, specifically, that it applies clear and effective controls against conflicts of interests, or the appearance of conflicts of interest by the agency’s Council under §602.15."