20 U.S.C. § 7844: General applicability of…

Summary

A State education agency must file one set of promises with the Secretary when it sends a combined State plan or application, and it must do this after consulting the Governor. The promises say the State will run each program under the law and rules; that control of program money and property will be held by public agencies, eligible private groups, institutions, organizations, or Indian tribes when allowed, and those entities will manage the funds and property as required; that the State will use proper management methods, including enforcing duties, fixing problems found in audits or reviews, and having written complaint procedures; that the State will cooperate with evaluations, use sound financial controls and accounting, make required reports, keep and share records with the Secretary, and give the public a reasonable chance to comment on the plan before it was submitted and consider those comments. Section 441 of the General Education Provisions Act does not apply to the programs covered by this chapter.

Title 20, §7844

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(a)Assurances

A State educational agency, in consultation with the Governor of the State, that submits a consolidated State plan or consolidated State application under this chapter, whether separately or under section 7842 of this title, shall have on file with the Secretary a single set of assurances, applicable to each program for which the plan or application is submitted, that provides that—

(1)each such program will be administered in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, program plans, and applications;

(2)(A)the control of funds provided under each such program and title to property acquired with program funds will be in a public agency, a eligible private agency, institution, or organization, or an Indian tribe, if the law authorizing the program provides for assistance to those entities; and

(B)the public agency, eligible private agency, institution, or organization, or Indian tribe will administer those funds and property to the extent required by the authorizing law;

(3)the State will adopt and use proper methods of administering each such program, including—

(A)the enforcement of any obligations imposed by law on agencies, institutions, organizations, and other recipients responsible for carrying out each program;

(B)the correction of deficiencies in program operations that are identified through audits, monitoring, or evaluation; and

(C)the adoption of written procedures for the receipt and resolution of complaints alleging violations of law in the administration of the programs;

(4)the State will cooperate in carrying out any evaluation of each such program conducted by or for the Secretary or other Federal officials;

(5)the State will use such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as will ensure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State under each such program;

(6)the State will—

(A)make reports to the Secretary as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to perform the Secretary’s duties under each such program; and

(B)maintain such records, provide such information to the Secretary, and afford such access to the records as the Secretary may find necessary to carry out the Secretary’s duties; and

(7)before the plan or application was submitted to the Secretary, the State afforded a reasonable opportunity for public comment on the plan or application and considered such comment.

(b)GEPA provision

section 441 of the General Education Provisions Act [20 U.S.C. 1232d] shall not apply to programs under this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–95, § 8001(b)(3), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in introductory provisions as reference to section 7842 of this title. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–95, § 8010, substituted “eligible” for “nonprofit” in subpars. (A) and (B).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§7844 General Applicability of State Educational Agency Assurances