Title: Perkins V: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act | National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
Headings: Perkins V
Perkins V
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.
Perkins V Resources
OCTAE Guidance Documents
NAPE Resources and Tools
State Level Data Dashboards
Perkins V At-A-Glance Sheets:
Perkins IV Resources
Strategies for Special Population Success: Practical Tips and Tools for Educators – a free resource
Why is This Important to NAPE?
Key Dates in Perkins V Passage

Content: To ensure our most vulnerable students benefit from this process, we are offering three guiding principles to frame the needs assessment: Asset Orientation
Grounded Action
Systems are Not Neutral
Applying an equity lens can be challenging and messy; it is also extremely rewarding as the results can be transformative for educators, students, and their families. We recognize that each of us is in a different stage on our journey to apply an equity lens to our work. We also know the desire to do right by our students and the communities we serve is a key starting point. We ask that you join us on our journey by learning more about this framework through our publication: “ Equity Principle in the Perkins V CLNA ”. Equity Principle in the Perkins V CLNA
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Strategies for Special Population Success: Practical Tips and Tools for Educators – a free resource
When the Perkins Act was reauthorized in 2018, it increased the focus of career and technical education (CTE) programs on serving the needs of special populations and expanded the definition to include nine distinct groups. Individuals with disabilities
Individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including low-income youth and adults
Individuals preparing for nontraditional fields
Single parents, including single pregnant women
Out-of-workforce individuals
English learners
Homeless individuals
Youth who are in, or have aged out of, the foster care system
Youth with a parent who is a member of the armed forces and is on active duty
NAPE has completed a literature review, compiled effective practices and identified organizations with particular expertise to support development of your Perkins Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment and Local Application, and to assist state agencies in providing effective technical assistance to better serve each of these nine student groups.