(a) The Secretary may monitor all recipients and subrecipients of
financial assistance pursuant to section 163 of the Act.
(b) The Governor is responsible for oversight of all SDA and SSG
activities and State-supported programs. The Governor shall develop and
make available for review a State monitoring plan. The plan shall
specify the mechanism which:
(1) Ensures that established policies to achieve program quality and
outcomes meet the objectives of the Act and regulations promulgated
thereunder;
(2) Enables the Governor to determine if SDA's and SSG's have
demonstrated substantial compliance with the requirements for oversight;
(3) Determines whether the Job Training Plan shall be disapproved
consistent with the criteria contained in section 105(b)(1) of the Act;
(4) Regularly examines expenditures against the cost categories and
cost limitations specified in the Act and these regulations;
(5) Ensures that all areas of SDA and SSG operations are monitored
onsite regularly, but not less than once annually; and
(6) Provides for corrective action to be imposed if conditions in
paragraphs (b)(1)-(4) of this section are not met.
(c) The Governor shall issue instructions to SDA's and title III
SSG's on the development of a substate monitoring plan. The instructions
for development of the monitoring plan, at a minimum, shall address the
monitoring scope and frequency, and the Secretary's emphasis and
direction. The
substate monitoring plan shall be part of the job training plan.
(d) The Governor shall establish general standards for PIC oversight
responsibilities. The required PIC standards shall be included in the
Governor's Coordination and Special Services Plan (GCSSP).
(e)(1) The PIC, pursuant to standards established by the Governor,
shall establish specific policies for monitoring and oversight of SDA
performance which shall be described in the job training plan.
(2) The PIC shall exercise independent oversight over activities
under the job training plan which shall not be circumscribed by
agreements with the appropriate chief elected official(s) of the SDA.
(f) The PIC and chief elected official(s) may conduct such oversight
as they, individually or jointly, deem necessary or delegate oversight
responsibilities to an appropriate entity pursuant to their mutual
agreement.
