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(ii) Competitive grants for outdoor education providers that are 1 designed to support existing capacity and to increase future capacity 2 for outdoor learning experiences. 3 (c) $5,902,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 4 year 2023 is provided solely for the outdoor education experiences 5 program. The office must prioritize providing the program to fifth 6 and sixth grade students in high poverty schools, expanding to other 7 fifth and sixth grade students subject to available funds. 8 (34) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 9 year 2023 is provided solely for an education and workforce pathway 10 pilot program at the northwest career and technical academy. The 11 pilot program will oversee a pathway including high schools, skills 12 centers, community and technical colleges, and employers that results 13 in students earning a high school diploma and an associate in 14 technical arts degree, while maintaining summer employment. 15 (35) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 16 year 2023 is provided solely for the office of the superintendent of 17 public instruction to administer grants to school districts for a 18 plant-based school meals pilot program. Grant recipients may use the 19 funding for food supplies, delivery costs, equipment purchases, 20 education, and other expenditures to increase access to plant-based 21 school meals. Grant awards to school districts may not exceed $10,000 22 per district. 23 (36) $148,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2023 is provided solely to provide before and after-school 25 programming to low-income elementary school students in the Tukwila 26 school district. Funding in this subsection may be distributed to the 27 Tukwila school district or to local before or after-school program 28 providers that provide child care for low-income elementary school 29 students in the school district. 30 (37) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 31 year 2023 is provided solely for the Tacoma school district to 32 identify specific career-relevant coursework and facility needs for 33 the development of a comprehensive maritime-focused career and 34 technical education program in the south Puget Sound area. Funding 35 must be used by the district to engage with the maritime industry in 36 and around the port of Tacoma to conduct a workforce training gap 37 analysis. The district must also coordinate with the office, the 38 state board of education, and the workforce training board to create 39 p. 1298 ESSB 5187.SL