For purposes of administering the California Career Pathways Trust, the Superintendent may do any of the following:
(a) Establish a structure for awarding grants on a regional or local basis as defined by the Superintendent.
(b) Determine specific funding amount categories and the number of grants to be awarded in each category.
(c) Distribute funding on a multiyear schedule, and establish a process for monitoring the use of the funding, and, if necessary, cease distribution of funding and recover previously distributed funding in the case of a recipient’s failure to comply with a grant award condition.
(d) Require grant recipients to submit program reports pursuant to a schedule determined by the Superintendent.
(e) Set aside up to 1 percent of the total amount provided for in the trust for one or both of the following purposes:
(1) To provide planning grants.
(2) To contract with a local educational agency for the provision of technical assistance to applicants and grant recipients.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 32, Sec. 41. (SB 858) Effective June 20, 2014.)