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ED-OIG/I25GA0233 - Recommendation 1.2

Open · 2026-03-17

From report

Report
Puerto Rico Department of Education’s Use of ARP ESSER Funds to Measure Student Academic Progress
OIG report number
ED-OIG/I25GA0233
Recommendation number
1.2

Recommendation text

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education require Puerto Rico DOE to develop and incorporate into its existing contract monitoring and oversight policies and procedures, control activities, or protocols designed to ensure that only qualified personnel are assigned to manage and oversee contracts and those charged with that responsibility verify that the contractually required services are rendered (for example, by reviewing documentation supporting the completion of contract-related work) before paying the contractor.