Common use of MPS Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

MPS Responsibilities. A. MPS shall be held to all applicable parts of the “Assurances” of the Title I, Part D, Subpart 2, Neglected and Delinquent Program Application, which is attached and incorporated into this Agreement as Appendix A which includes but is not limited to the following: 1. MPS shall require the entity and its principals involved in any subtier covered transaction paid through federal funds, that requires such certification, to ensure it/they are not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation by a federal department or agency. 2. MPS, as the LEA, will evaluate its program periodically to assess its progress toward achieving its goals and objectives and use its evaluation results to refine, improve, and strengthen its program and to refine its goals and objectives as appropriate. 3. MPS, as the LEA, shall submit to the department such information, and at such intervals, that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) requires to complete state and/or federal reports. 4. MPS shall cooperate in carrying out any evaluation of this program conducted by or for the state education agency, the secretary, or other federal officials. 5. MPS shall comply with civil rights and nondiscrimination requirement provisions and equal opportunities to participate for all eligible students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries. 6. MPS shall use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures that will ensure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, federal funds received and distributed under this program. 7. MPS shall (a) make reports to DPI and the U.S. Secretary of Education as may be necessary to enable the state and federal departments to perform their duties under this program; and (b) maintain records, provide information, and afford access to the records, as the department or the U.S. Secretary of Education may find necessary to carry out their duties. 8. MPS shall file financial reports and claims for reimbursement in accordance with procedures prescribed by DPI. 9. No board or staff member of MPS shall participate in, or make recommendations with respect to, an administrative decision regarding a program or project if such decision can be expected to result in any benefit or remuneration, such as a royalty, commission, contingent fee, brokerage fee, consultant fee, or other benefit to him or her or any member of his/her immediate family. 10. MPS agrees that before the plan was submitted, MPS afforded a reasonable opportunity for consultation on the plan and has considered such comment. 11. MPS shall adopt and use proper methods of administering such program, including (a) the enforcement of any obligations imposed by law or agencies, institutions, organizations, and other recipients responsible for carrying out each program; or (b) the correction of deficiencies in program operations that are identified through audits, monitoring, or evaluation. 12. MPS shall administer such funds and property to the extent required by the authorizing statutes. 13. MPS, as the LEA, assures it will administer in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, program plans and budgets, the funds under Title I, Part D.