ESEA Monitoring

The Maine Department of Education (DOE), as the State Education Agency (SEA), is responsible for the oversight and monitoring of programs and activities carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 

The General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) requires that each state "adopt and use proper methods of administering each applicable program, including monitoring of agencies, institutions, and organizations responsible for carrying out each program."

Monitoring procedures must be designed to promote each subrecipient’s progress in achieving program goals and objectives; adherence to laws, regulations and assurances governing the program; and conformity to the approved application, performance reports or other relevant documents. Likewise, the Code of Federal Regulations requires the SEA to monitor grants to ensure compliance with applicable Federal requirements and that performance goals are achieved. 

The Maine DOE has adopted a consolidated approach to monitoring State Administrative Units (SAUs), both to ensure compliance with federal laws and to support the effective implementation of local programs.

 The following programs are included within consolidated ESEA program monitoring: Title I, Part A; Title I, Part D; Title II, Part A; Title III, Part A; Title IV, Part A, and Title V, Part B, Subpart II. 

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