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

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 EducationKate 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.

Minnesota State Council Meeting, December 12, 2017
Minutes
Minnesota State Council Meeting, February 27, 2018
Minnesota State Council Meeting, May 7, 2018
Minnesota State Council Meeting, April 23, 2019
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, January 23, 2020
Minutes
Minnesota State Council Meeting, May 28, 2020
Minnesota State Council Meeting, July 23, 2020
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, August 20, 2020
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, September 24, 2020
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, October 22, 2020
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, November 19, 2020
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, January 21, 2021
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, March 18, 2021
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, August 26, 2021
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, September 23, 2021
Agenda
Minnesota State Council Meeting, January 20, 2022
Agenda
Additional Meeting Agendas and Minutes are posted on Minnesota’s Office of Higher Education Meeting and Reports page.

End of Year Report

2021-2022
2020-2021
2022-2023

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

Resources

Interstate Compact in Minnesota Statute