627.475—Oversight and monitoring.
(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.