Notes Related to Special Populations Students

Since one of the fundamental goals of the Carl Perkins Act is to assure that special populations students in professional technical education achieve performance standards and are adequately served, PAVTEC has determined that a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the PAVTEC Consolidated Funds used by a school must be directed towards this goal. 

Use of PAVTEC Consolidated Funds to benefit students in any of the following categories - either through direct services or indirectly through program development or educator professional development activities - qualify for the twenty percent (20%) guideline.

Definition of "Special Populations":

(from AVA "Official Guide to the Perkins Act of 1998")

1. individuals with disabilities
2. individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including foster children
3. individuals preparing for nontraditional training and employment
4. single parents, including single pregnant women
5. displaced homemakers
6. individuals with other barriers to educational achievement, including individuals with limited English proficiency

Definition of "Nontraditional Training and Employment":

(from AVA "Official Guide to the Perkins Act of 1998")

Some sample ideas (related to special populations):

• sponsor educators and students to attend PCC Transition Fairs (substitute teachers, buses, etc.)
• sponsor educators who work with special populations students to attend related conferences such as Oregon Association of Vocational Special Needs Personnel (OAVSNP) (spring).
• sponsor career fairs that include special registration accommodations and/or sessions for special populations students, especially featuring nontraditional workers.
• sponsor girls to attend the 2003 Women in Trades Fair, May 2003, sponsored by the Oregon Tradeswomen Network and/or the Math, Science and Technology Conference for Middle School Girls, March, 2003, coordinated by the PAVTEC Gender Equity Team.