A.__Is ineligible for funding from the Fund for Efficient Delivery of Education Services in the following fiscal year; and

B.__Must, in the following fiscal year, reimburse the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Education Services an amount equal to the total amount of funds the regional cooperative received under section 3706, subsection 3, paragraphs B and C.

Annually and no later than September 1st, the commissioner shall make and notify the regional cooperative of the determination under this subsection.__If a regional cooperative does not provide the information required by subsection 1, paragraph C, the regional cooperative is ineligible for assistance for funding under section 3706, subsection 3 in the following fiscal year.

§3706.__Certification of efficient school units; performance

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1.__Certification criteria.__In order for a school administrative unit to qualify for certification by the commissioner as an efficient school unit, the school administrative unit must:

A.__Be a single school administrative unit in existence on the effective date of this chapter;

B.__Provide public education services for kindergarten to grade 12;

C.__Develop a plan for provision of assistance to one or more other school administrative units that are seeking to identify and implement means to increase efficiency and lower costs of delivering public education services for kindergarten to grade 12;

D.__Form an agreement with one or more school administrative units pursuant to section 3703 and in accordance with the plan developed pursuant to paragraph C to provide assistance to the unit or units regarding means to improve