Perkins V
CLNA Resources
Along with our partners at the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, we have hosted regional meetings to prepare for the FY 27 Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment for the 2026-2027 Perkins Grant cycle.
The meeting was required for those schools receiving Perkins in 2025-2026 or want to receive in 2026-2027 but all districts with CTE programs were invited. It was great to work with schools across the state in the process of starting their CLNA. Below are the resources provided for the regional meetings.
A few notes to help in this completing the CLNA process:
- Please review past CLNA information to help inform this year's process. You can access your previous CLNAs in EGrants.
- Use advisory committee meeting notes from the past year, use information you can easily find online (like the MT Labor Market Information site), use emails, conversations, and other meetings you have been to over the past year.
- Montana Regional CLNA Worksheets- Fillable PDF
- Montana Regional CLNA Worksheets - Google Doc Version
- Montana Regional CLNA Worksheets - Word Version
Resource Document - Helpful Links - Regional Meetings
The Perkins grant itself will have some different CLNA Summary questions. We have pulled those out so that you can prepare answers for those questions as you work through finishing your CLNA packet. Perkins Grant FY 27 Summary Questions.
2026 Regional CLNA Summaries
The Perkins grant itself will include CLNA summary questions. We have pulled those out so that you can prepare answers as you work through finishing your CLNA packet. Perkins Grant FY 27 summary questions (PDF)
Perkins Grant Cash Drawdowns
Perkins grant cash drawdowns should be started as soon as funds are needed. Districts need to submit requests by the 25th of each month for the following month’s payments. Drawdowns should be submitted at least quarterly.
E‑Grants Management – sign in page
Perkins 2024–2027 E‑Grants instructions (PDF)
CTE report card
- 2023–2024 CTE report card (PDF)
- 2022–2023 CTE report card (PDF)
- 2022 state performance indicators (PDF)
- 2021 state performance indicators (PDF)
Updated information
- Perkins 2026-2027 Instructions Updated
- 2026 Perkins OPI & OCHE Funding Guidance Document
- Perkins Purpose Categories and Object Codes 2025
Allocations
- Fiscal year 2027 preliminary Perkins allocations (PDF)
- Perkins allocations are based on federal census data: 30% on the population of 5–17‑year‑olds in the school district and 70% on the poverty rate among those 5–17‑year‑olds.
- Fiscal year 2026 final Perkins allocations (PDF)
- Fiscal year 2025 final Perkins allocations (PDF)
- Fiscal year 2025 preliminary allocations (PDF)
- Fiscal year 2023–2024 preliminary allocations (PDF)
Perkins reserve
- Reserve grant guidance document (PDF)
- Budget pages (PDF)
- Scoring rubric (PDF)
- Reserve grant cash request form (PDF)
Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment
- Montana Regional CLNA guide (PDF)
- Montana Regional CLNA worksheets (fillable PDF)
- Montana Regional CLNA worksheets (Google Doc version)
- Montana Regional CLNA worksheets (Word version)
- Resource document – helpful links for regional meetings
Montana Career Pathways
- 2024–2025 approved school career pathways (PDF)
- Previous years’ pathways approval documents
- Montana Career Pathways – secondary (ending June 2026)
- Montana Career Pathways – postsecondary
Communications
Workforce development
- Montana DLI Labor Market Information
- Perkins V: High skill, high wage, in‑demand (PDF)
- Montana Career Lab
Work‑based learning
- Work‑based learning manual (revised 2023, PDF)
- Work‑based learning course codes (PDF)
- Montana Work‑based Learning Collaborative
Dual credit
- Montana University System – about dual enrollment
- One, Two, Free dual enrollment program
- College campus contacts