PANA is the customization of the National Agenda to meet the educational needs and priorities of children and youths with visual impairments, deafblindness, and visual and multiple disabilities in the Commonwealth. It contains a set of goals and actions related to state performance indicators and designed to ensure positive educational outcomes. It is divided into ten major areas: Referral, Parent Participation, Personnel Preparation, Provision of Educational Services, Array of Services, Assessment, Access to Instructional Materials, Curricular Needs, Transition Services, and Professional Development.

Each area is divided into 1) a set of goals, 2) actions to be performed to attain each goal, and 3) desired outcomes based on those actions. Some of the goals may require legislative action, some may need formal authorization from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) through guidelines or Basic Education Circulars (BECs), and some may be implemented at the school district or intermediate unit level. From goals to actions to outcomes, the Pennsylvania Agenda functions as a roadmap to improve outcomes for children and youths with visual impairments, deafblindness, and visual and multiple disabilities.