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CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 210  /  Sec. 210.20 Reporting and recordkeeping.

(a) Reporting summary. Participating State agencies shall submit forms and reports to FNS to demonstrate compliance with Program requirements. The reports include but are not limited to:

(1) Requests for cash to make reimbursement payments to school food authorities as required under Sec. 210.5(a);

(2) Information on the amounts of Federal Program funds expended and obligated to date (SF-269) as required under Sec. 210.5(d);

(3) Statewide totals on Program participation (FNS-10) as required under Sec. 210.5(d);

(4) Information on State funds provided by the State to meet the State matching requirements (FNS-13) specified under Sec. 210.17(g);

(5) The names of school food authorities in need of a follow-up review;

(6) Results of reviews and audits;

(7) Results of the commodity preference survey and recommendations for commodity purchases as required under Sec. 250.13(k) of this chapter;

(8) Results of the State agency's review of schools' compliance with the food safety inspection requirement in Sec. 210.13(b) by November 15 following each of school years 2005-2006 through 2014-2015, beginning November 15, 2006. The report will be based on data supplied by the school food authorities in accordance with Sec. 210.15(a)(7);

(9) The prices of paid lunches charged by each school food authority; and

(10) For each local educational agency required to conduct a second review of applications under Sec. 245.11 of this chapter, the number of free and reduced price applications subject to a second review, the results of the reviews including the number and percentage of reviewed applications for which the eligibility determination was changed, and a summary of the types of changes made.

(b) Recordkeeping summary. Participating State agencies are required to maintain records to demonstrate compliance with Program requirements. The records include but are not limited to:

(1) Accounting records and source documents to control the receipt, custody and disbursement of Federal Program funds as required under Sec. 210.5(a);

(2) Documentation supporting all school food authority claims paid by the State agency as required under Sec. 210.5(d);

(3) Documentation to support the amount the State agency reported having used for State revenue matching as required under Sec. 210.17(h);

(4) Records supporting the State agency's review of net cash resources as required under Sec. 210.19(a);

(5) Reports on the results of investigations of complaints received or irregularities noted in connection with Program operations as required under Sec. 210.19(a)

(6) Records of all reviews and audits, including records of action taken to correct Program violations; and records of fiscal action taken, including documentation of recoveries made;

(7) State agency criteria for selecting schools for reviews and small school food authorities for follow-up reviews;

(8) Documentation of action taken to disallow improper claims submitted by school food authorities, as required by Sec. 210.19(c) and as determined through claims processing, resulting from actions such as reviews, audits and USDA audits;

(9) Records of USDA audit findings, State agency's and school food authorities' responses to them and of corrective action taken as required by Sec. 210.22(a);

(10) Records pertaining to civil rights responsibilities as defined under Sec. 210.23(b);

(11) Records pertaining to the annual food preference survey of school food authorities as required by Sec. 250.13(k) of this chapter;

(12) Records supplied by the school food authorities showing the number of food safety inspections obtained by schools for the current and three most recent school years.

(13) Records showing compliance with the requirements in Sec. 210.14(e)(5) and records supplied annually by school food authorities showing paid meal prices charged as required by Sec. 210.14(e)(6); and

(14) Records to document compliance with the requirements in Sec. 210.14(f). [53 FR 29147, Aug. 2, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 32948, July 17, 1991; 56 FR 55527, Oct. 28, 1991; 64 FR 50741, Sept. 20, 1999; 70 FR 34630, June 15, 2005; 76 FR 35318, June 17, 2011; 78 FR 13449, Feb. 28, 2013; 79 FR 7054, Feb. 6, 2014]