20 U.S.C. § 7934: Accountability to taxpayers…

Summary

The Secretary of Education must strengthen oversight of taxpayer money given under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Secretary must tell every grant recipient (and make grantees tell their subgrantees, if needed) that they must follow monitoring rules and properly watch any subgrantees. The Secretary must study monitoring results to spot common problems and give guidance to fix them before funds are lost or misused. The Secretary must publicly report anti-fraud work and cooperate with the Department’s Office of Inspector General to train staff and help grantees monitor properly.

Title 20, §7934

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To improve monitoring and oversight of taxpayer funds authorized for appropriation under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and to deter and prohibit waste, fraud, and abuse with respect to such funds, the Secretary of Education shall—

(1)notify each recipient of a grant under such Act (and, if applicable, require the grantee to inform each subgrantee) of its responsibility to—

(A)comply with all monitoring requirements under the applicable program or programs; and

(B)monitor properly any subgrantee under the applicable program or programs;

(2)review and analyze the results of monitoring and compliance reviews—

(A)to understand trends and identify common issues; and

(B)to issue guidance to help grantees address such issues before the loss or misuse of taxpayer funding occurs;

(3)publicly report the work undertaken by the Secretary to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to such taxpayer funds; and

(4)work with the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Education, as needed, to help ensure that employees of the Department understand how to adequately monitor grantees and to help grantees adequately monitor any subgrantees.

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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and such Act, referred to in text, are Pub. L. 89–10, Apr. 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 27, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 6301 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act, and not as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which comprises this chapter.

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7934 to 7938 were omitted in the general amendment of former subchapter IX of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110. section 7934, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9304, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3806, related to Alaska Native educational planning, curriculum development, and teacher training and recruitment programs. section 7935, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9305, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3807, related to Alaska Native home based education for preschool children. section 7936, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9306, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3808, related to Alaska Native student enrichment programs. section 7937, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9307, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3809, set forth administrative provisions. section 7938, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9308, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3809, defined terms.

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Section 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 an

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of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

§7934 Accountability to Taxpayers Through Monitoring and Oversight

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Title 20, §7934

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