Linked Public Schools

Linked Public Schools, doing business as The Central Academy Of Arts And Technology, is a tax-exempt non-profit organization that operates as a sub-recipient on federal education grants, with no prime contracting or grant awards in the source record. The organization holds five sub-awards issued through the Department of Education, totaling $305 thousand in combined obligations across the past twenty months, with all work flowing through California's Department of Education as the prime grantee.

The vendor's grant footprint is narrow and concentrated within K-12 education programming. Three of five sub-awards fund initiatives under the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, focused on improving teacher and principal quality, serving high-poverty schools, and expanding student academic achievement capacity. One sub-award supports the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition, targeting English proficiency attainment for limited English proficient children. A fifth sub-award, received in February 2025, references a Charter School Program (CSP) Grant. The most recent award, dated August 31, 2026, targets teacher quality and qualified educator placement in the classroom. All identified sub-grants funnel through the Department of Education California as the prime recipient, indicating Linked Public Schools operates within California's K-12 education system as a program implementer rather than as an independent federal grant recipient.

Activity is recent and sparse. Two sub-awards were obligated in 2025; three in 2026. The combined obligation rate is modest — $305 thousand across all five sub-awards — reflecting the sub-recipient role within education grant programs that typically carry larger prime-award envelopes distributed across many sub-recipients. With no prime contracting authority and no evidence of federal contract vehicle participation, Linked Public Schools functions as a point implementer of federally funded education initiatives within California, not as a federal contractor or independent grant manager.