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This story has been updated to include the news that the California Department of Education announced the awards for a third time.
Will the third time be a charm?
The California Department of Education announced the recipients of $470 million in grants for the Golden State Pathways Program, for a third time on Friday.
The ambitious effort is aimed at high schools creating career pathways in fields such as STEM, education and health care, but it has faced a troubled rollout.
CDE first announced the grant awards in May and then pulled them back in July. The announcement that the grants were revoked once again came on Oct. 1.
CDE said the agency temporarily removed the September grants results after school districts “questioned the funding results,” according to a statement from CDE spokesperson Scott Roark. This…
