U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 04, 2025
§ 1232d.
Single State application
(a)
Submission of general application; approval by State supervisory authority
(b)
Assurances
An application submitted under subsection (a) shall set forth assurances, satisfactory to the Secretary—
(1)
that each program will be administered in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, program plans, and applications;
(2)
that the control of funds provided under each program and title to property acquired with program funds will be in a public agency, or in a nonprofit private agency, institution, or organization if the statute authorizing the program provides for grants to such entities, and that the public agency or nonprofit private agency, institution, or organization will administer such funds and property;
(3)
that the State will adopt and use proper methods of administering each applicable program, including—
(A)
monitoring of agencies, institutions, and organizations responsible for carrying out each program, and the enforcement of any obligations imposed on those agencies, institutions, and organizations under law,
(B)
providing technical assistance, where necessary, to such agencies, institutions, and organizations,
(C)
encouraging the adoption of promising or innovative educational techniques by such agencies, institutions, and organizations,
(D)
the dissemination throughout the State of information on program requirements and successful practices, and
(E)
the correction of deficiencies in program operations that are identified through monitoring or evaluation;
(4)
that the State will evaluate the effectiveness of covered programs in meeting their statutory objectives, at such intervals (not less often than once every three years) and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation, and that the State will cooperate in carrying out any evaluation of each program conducted by or for the Secretary or other Federal official;
(5)
that the State will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures that will ensure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State under each program;
(6)
that the State will make reports to the Secretary (including reports on the results of evaluations required under paragraph (4)) as may reasonably be necessary to enable the Secretary to perform his duties under each program, and that the State will maintain such records, in accordance with the requirements of
cite as: 20 USC 1232d