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.