Legislative Priorities

Strategic Partnerships - Providing Solutions

The nine regional Service Cooperatives independently, and jointly through the Minnesota Service Cooperatives (MSC), serve all corners of the state. With 50 years of working with educational institutions, local governments, and many other organizations, Service Cooperatives understand the regional nuances and needs across Minnesota’s diverse communities.

These regional board-governed agencies fulfill their statutory charge each day by developing innovative collaborations that support local government and education in service to the state’s residents and students. The Service Cooperatives stand ready to support the Governor and Legislature with implementation of initiatives bridging gaps in education, workforce, and public health.

• expanding allowable uses of Student Support Personnel Aid to cover literacy supports and behavioral intervention supports, and paid internships for new staff through direct underwriting of Cooperative programs.
• ensuring funding for teacher apprenticeships and establishing aspiring school leadership academies.
• supporting the Minnesota Principal Survey.
• investing in statewide Career and Technical Education Consortia programming.
• increased funding for Cooperative Facilities.
• sustaining funding for the READ Act and ensuring that teacher preparation is aligned with its requirements.
• providing Safe Schools and Innovative Mental Health programming.

• facilitating regional partnerships to solve workforce needs.
• alternative pathways to educator licensure, border state licensure flexibility and additional pathways for short-call substitute teachers.
• offering public employees cost effective health insurance solutions.
• support for rural broadband access and closing the digital divide.
• assisting in coordination of statewide efforts in response to public health or other emergencies.