(a) The Superintendent, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, shall award grants on a competitive basis to grant recipients for the following: (1) Consortium development and planning grants to support collaborative planning between a grant recipient and their program partners in the development of high-quality college and career pathways opportunities that are consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Of the amounts appropriated to support the Golden State Pathways Program, the Superintendent may use up to 10 percent of the funds for consortium development and planning grants. (2) Implementation grants to support a grant recipientâs ability to offer participating pupils high-quality college and career pathways opportunities consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Of the amounts appropriated to support the Golden State Pathways Program, the Superintendent shall use not less than 85 percent of the funds for implementation grants. (b) (1) Of the amounts appropriated to support the Golden State Pathways Program, the Superintendent may use up to 5 percent of the appropriation to contract, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, with up to 10 local educational agencies for the provision of technical assistance to local educational agencies, applicants, and grant recipients that is aligned to technical assistance provided for other College and career readiness initiatives, including, but not limited to, those established pursuant to this chapter and the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program pursuant to Chapter 16.5 (commencing with Section 53070). Of these technical assistance grantees, one local educational agency with demonstrated expertise in the design and implementation of college and career pathways will act as the lead technical assistance grantee and work with the department to provide leadership and direction for the other technical assistance grantees, who will provide technical assistance to different regions in the state. (2) To be eligible for the contract pursuant to paragraph (1), the local educational agency shall commit to all of the following: (A) Assisting local educational agencies in the continuous improvement of their Golden State Pathways Programs. (B) Leveraging evidence-based program frameworks, such as linked learning framework and quality standards, to provide assistance to grantees. (C) Providing prospective applicants and grantees with feedback regarding the development of their planned application, implementation, and continuous improvement of their Golden State Pathways Program and other career technical education programs, courses, and pathways that have been integrated with, or that have been aligned with, a local educational agencyâs Golden State Pathways Program. (D) Creating a community of practice network that enables grantees to share best practices with other grantees and other interested local educational agencies. (E) Assisting grant recipients with the collection and reporting of required data pursuant to this chapter. (3) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Superintendent identify and contract with a local educational agency to provide technical assistance consistent with the requirements of paragraph (2) not less than three months prior to grant applications being due to the Superintendent. (4) The Superintendent, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, shall contract with an independent entity to evaluate the programâs effectiveness in meeting the goals described in Section 53021. This evaluation shall be completed no sooner than June 30, 2027, and no later than June 30, 2028. (5) Any funds used by the Superintendent for purposes of paragraph (1) shall be available for encumbrance and expenditure for five fiscal years. (c) In determining the grant amounts for an implementation grant and for a consortium development and planning grant, the Superintendent, in con
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