Minnesota

Commissioner

Daron Korte

Primary Point of Contact

Daron Korte
Assistant Commissioner of Education
Minnesota Department of Education
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN, 55113-4035
daron.korte@state.mn.us, ph 651.582.8215

Bio

Note: Commissioner Korte also serves as the Vice Chair of the Commission.

Secondary Point of Contact

MAJ Marian Belinski
State Family Programs Director
Minnesota National Guard
marian.m.belinski.mil@mail.mil
O: 651-268-8207
F: 651-282-4286
B: 651-248-2912

Chief State School Officer

Willie Jett, Commissioner of Education, Minnesota Department of Education

Military/DOD Representative

Heather Bergeron, Minnesota Family Program Director, Minnesota Army National Guard

State Council Members

Daron Korte, Assistant Commissioner of Education, Minnesota Department of Education
Kate Cimino, Executive Director, Citizens League Minnesota
Denise Specht, President
Representative Lisa Demuth
Representative Ami Wazlawik
Senator Chuck Wigersen
Sara Benzkofer, Executive Director, Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC)
Eugene Piccolo, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Charter Schools
Dr. Cari Maguire, President, Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE)
Deb Henton Executive Director, Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA)
David Adney, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP)
Charlie Weaver, Executive Director, Minnesota Business Partnership
Katie Misukanis, Government Relations, Minnesota Career College Association (MCCA)
Heather Mueller, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)
Steve Grove, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
Carlos Mariani-Rosa, Executive Director, Minnesota Minority Education Equity Partnership (MnEEP)
Jon Millerhagen, Executive Director, Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association (MESPA)
Tim Benz, President, MINNDEPENDENT
Dennis Olson, Commissioner,k Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE)
Paul Cerkvenik, President, Minnesota Private College Council (MPCC)
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Devinder Malhotra, Chancellor
Joan T.A. Gabel, President, University of Minnesota
Amy Nelson, President, Minnesota PTA
Military Installation Representative
MAJ Marian Belinski, State Family Programs Director, Minnesota National Guard

State Council Meeting

127A.70 MINNESOTA P-20 EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.
Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership.
The P-20 education partnership shall be the state council for the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children under section 127A.85 with the commissioner or commissioner’s designee serving as the compact commissioner responsible for the administration and management of the state’s participation in the compact. When conducting business required under section 127A.85, the P-20 partnership shall include a representative from a military installation appointed by the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard.

December 12, 2017 – Minutes
May 7, 2018
April 23, 2019 – Agenda
January 23, 2020 – Minutes
May 28, 2020
July 23, 2020 – Agenda
August 20, 2020 – Agenda
September 24, 2020 – Agenda
October 22, 2020 – Agenda
November 19, 2020 – Agenda
January 21, 2021 – Agenda
March 18, 2021 – Agenda
August 26, 2021 – Agenda
September 23, 2021 – Agenda
January 20, 2022 – Agenda
November 16, 2023 – Minutes
January 18, 2024 – Agenda | Minutes
March 21, 2024 – Agenda | Minutes
May 16, 2024 – Agenda | Minutes
July 25, 2024 – Agenda

Additional Meeting Agendas and Minutes are posted on Minnesota’s Office of Higher Education Meeting and Reports page.

End of Year Report

Minnesota Report 2021-2022
Minnesota Report 2020-2021
Minnesota Report 2022-2023
Minnesota Report 2023-2024

P-20 Report to the Legislature
2014
2015
2016
2017
2021

Resources

Interstate Compact in Minnesota Statute