Guided Pathways budget requests are due one week prior to scheduled Steering Committee meetings.
The State of California's $150 million one-time investment in the Guided Pathways Award Program will give each of our 114 colleges the opportunity to begin implementation of the Guided Pathways framework. This investment will support an intensive five-year planning and implementation process at each participating college. Using the Guided Pathways framework, colleges will rethink and redesign programs and services into cohesive, campus-wide strategies to achieve the outcomes expected by the state, our system, and our students. Guided Pathways allocations are to be used to directly support the implementation of the Guided Pathways framework.
All expenditures should be reasonable and justifiable. "Reasonable" means expenditures are prudent and every effort is made to utilize funds efficiently. "Justifiable" means expenditures are consistent with goals and activities related to Guided Pathways implementation. Colleges are strongly urged to develop policies and procedures to document and justify Guided Pathways expenditures. Developing written documentation prior to the time of expenditure is recommended. This documentation should clearly establish the link between a given expenditure and Guided Pathways goals and objectives.
Colleges and districts are ultimately responsible for expenditure decisions. This responsibility cannot be delegated. Guided Pathways will be included in the District Audit Manual with the expectation that expenditures district-contracted auditors annually audit expenditures. Audits may also be conducted by the California Bureau of State Audits, the Chancellor's Office, or other government agencies with a lawful interest in the expenditure of funds.
The Chancellor's Office has identified the following non-allowable expenditures:
In general, the Chancellor's Office will not provide an exhaustive list of allowable and non-allowable expenditures, as decisions for each expenditure must be made locally according to program objectives and activities, and the "reasonable and justifiable" criteria as outlined above.
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