20 U.S.C. § 7934 — Accountability to taxpayers through monitoring and oversight

To improve oversight of taxpayer money given out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and to stop waste, fraud, and abuse, the Secretary of Education must do four things. (1) Notify grantees of their duties. The Secretary must tell every grant recipient — and have them tell their subgrantees, if any — that they must (A) follow all monitoring rules for their program, and (B) properly monitor any subgrantee under that program. (2) Learn from reviews. The Secretary must review the results of monitoring and compliance checks to (A) spot trends and common problems, and (B) issue guidance that helps grantees fix those problems before taxpayer money is lost or misused. (3) Report publicly. The Secretary must publicly report the work done to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of these funds. (4) Work with the Inspector General. As needed, the Secretary must work with the Department's Office of Inspector General so Department employees know how to monitor grantees well, and so grantees know how to monitor their own subgrantees well.