[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR215.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 215--SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 215.11  Special responsibilities of State agencies.

    (a) [Reserved]
    (b) Program assistance. Each State agency, or FNSRO where 
applicable, shall provide Program assistance, as follows:
    (1) Consultive, technical, and managerial personnel to administer 
the Program and monitor performance of schools and child-care 
institutions and to measure progress toward achieving Program goals.
    (2) Visits to participating schools and child-care institutions to 
ensure compliance with Program regulations and with the Department's 
nondiscrimination regulations (part 15 of this title),

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issued under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. State agencies 
shall conduct reviews of schools participating in the Program for 
compliance with the provisions of this part when such schools are being 
reviewed under the provisions identified under Sec. 210.18(i) of this 
title. Compliance reviews of participating schools shall focus on the 
reviewed school's compliance with the required certification, counting 
and milk service procedures. School food authorities may appeal a denial 
of all or a part of the Claim for Reimbursement or withholding of 
payment arising from review activity conducted by the State agency under 
Sec. 210.18 of this title or by FNS under Sec. 210.30(d)(2) of this 
title. Any such appeal shall be subject to the procedures set forth 
under Sec. 210.18(q) of this title or Sec. 210.30(d)(3) of this title, 
as appropriate.
    (3) Documentation of such Program assistance shall be maintained on 
file by the State agency, or FNSRO where applicable.
    (c) Records and reports. (1) Each State agency shall maintain 
Program records as necessary to support the reimbursement payments made 
to child care institutions or School Food Authorities under Sec. 215.8 
and Sec. 215.10 and the reports submitted to FNS under 
Sec. 215.11(c)(2). The records may be kept in their original form or on 
microfilm, and shall be retained for a period of three years after the 
date of submission of the final Financial Status Report for the fiscal 
year, except that if audit findings have not been resolved, the records 
shall be retained beyond the three-year period as long as required for 
the resolution of the issues raised by the audit.
    (2) Each State agency shall submit to FNS a final Report of School 
Program Operations (FNS-10) for each month which shall be limited to 
claims submitted in accordance with Sec. 215.10(b) and which shall be 
postmarked and/or submitted no later than 90 days following the last day 
of the month covered by the report. States shall not receive Program 
funds for any month for which the final report is not submitted within 
this time limit unless FNS grants an exception. Upward adjustments to a 
State agency's report shall not be made after 90 days from the month 
covered by the report unless authorized by FNS. Downward adjustments 
shall always be made, without FNS authorization, regardless of when it 
is determined that such adjustments are necessary. Adjustments shall be 
reported to FNS in accordance with procedures established by FNS. Each 
State agency shall also submit to FNS a quarterly Financial Status 
Report (SF-269) on the use of Program funds. Such reports shall be 
postmarked and/or submitted no later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal year quarter. Obligations shall be reported only for the fiscal 
year in which they occur. A final Financial Status Report for each 
fiscal year shall be postmarked and/or submitted to FNS within 120 days 
after the end of the fiscal year. FNS shall not be responsible for 
reimbursing unpaid program obligations reported later than 120 days 
after the close of the fiscal year in which they were incurred.
    (d) Compliance. State agencies, or FNSROs where applicable, shall 
require School Food Authorities and child-care institutions to comply 
with applicable provisions of this part.
    (e) Investigations. Each State Agency shall promptly investigate 
complaints received or irregularities noted in connection with the 
operation of the Program and shall take appropriate action to correct 
any irregularities. State Agencies shall maintain on file evidence of 
such investigations and actions. The Office of Investigation of the 
Department (OI) shall make investigations at the request of the State 
Agency or if CND or FNSRO determines investigations by OI are 
appropriate.

(Sec. 11, Pub. L. 95-166, 91 Stat. 1337 (42 U.S.C. 1772, 1753, 1766); 44 
U.S.C. 3506; sec. 812, Pub. L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 521-535 (42 U.S.C. 
1759a))

[32 FR 12587, Aug. 31, 1967, as amended by Amdt. 13, 39 FR 28417, Aug. 
7, 1974; Amdt. 14, 41 FR 31175, July 27, 1976; 47 FR 745, Jan. 7, 1982; 
Amdt. 25, 47 FR 18564, Apr. 30, 1982; Amdt. 30, 49 FR 18987, May 4, 
1984; 56 FR 32949, July 17, 1991; 57 FR 38586, Aug. 26, 1992]