; (B) the process and criteria to be used for approving locally developed programs of study or career pathways, including how such programs address State workforce development and education needs and the criteria to assess the extent to which the local application under section 132 will— (i) promote continuous improvement in academic achievement and technical skill attainment; (ii) expand access to career and technical education for special populations; and (iii) support the alignment of employability skills; (C) how the eligible agency will— (i) make information on approved programs of study and career pathways (including career exploration, work-based learning opportunities, early college high schools, and dual or concurrent enrollment program opportunities) and guidance and advisement resources, available to students (and parents, as appropriate), representatives of secondary and postsecondary education, and special populations, and to the extent practicable, provide that information and those resources in a language students, parents, and educators can understand; (ii) facilitate collaboration among eligible recipients in the development of career and technical education programs and programs of study and career pathways to ensure nonduplication of eligible recipients’ development of programs of study and career pathways; (iii) use State, regional, or local labor market data to determine alignment of eligible recipients’ programs of study to the needs of the State, regional, or local economy, including in-demand industry sectors and occupations identified by the State board, and to align career and technical education with such needs, as appropriate; (iv) ensure equal access to approved career and technical education programs of study and activities assisted under this Act for special populations; (v) coordinate with the State board to support the local development of career pathways and articulate processes by which career pathways will be developed by local workforce development boards, as appropriate