For purposes of administering the California Career Pathways Trust, the Superintendent may do any of the following:

1. (a) Establish a structure for awarding grants on a regional or local basis as defined by the Superintendent.
2. (b) Determine specific funding amount categories and the number of grants to be awarded in each category.
3. (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.
4. (d) Require grant recipients to submit program reports pursuant to a schedule determined by the Superintendent.

5. (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. (1) To provide planning grants.
   2. (2) To contract with a local educational agency for the provision of technical assistance to applicants and grant recipients.