Committees of the Board of Education

• Parent Committee of the American Indian Education Program - Kathy Denman-Wilke
  
  
• Capital Expenditure Advisory Committee - Patrick Quinn
  
  
• Citizen's Budget and Finance Advisory Committee - Lois Rockney
  
  
• Community Education Advisory Committee - Willie Nesbit
  
  
• Gifted Services Advisory Council - Frank Sineni
  
  
• Latino Consent Decree Parent Advisory Committee - Valeria Silva
  • SPPS Latino Consent Decree (LCD)
    
    
• Special Education Parent Advisory Council - Pat Fernandez
  
  
  • July 2003 - Effective Local Special Education Advisory Councils (SEACs), Minnesota Technical Assistance for Family Support and Minnesota Department of Education.
    
    
• Hmong ELL Parent Advisory Council - Valeria Silva (Bee Lee)

Other "Parent-Community Advisory Groups" operating within Saint Paul Public Schools

• Saint Paul Service-Learning Council - Toni Smith
  
  
• Somali Parent Association - Abdisalam Adam
  
  
• Leadership Support Team - Office of Leadership Development

Ramsey County

Family Support Committee (FSC) of Ramsey County - A subcommittee of the Interagency Early Intervention Committee (I.E.I.C.), a community body that provides guidance to public and private organizations that serve young children with special needs and their families.

Ramsey County Children's Mental Health Advisory Committee

Saint Paul/Ramsey County Homeless Advisory Board

State Commissions

Even harder is figuring out what state commissions are working on education-related efforts.  Links are posted when we find them.

Minnesota Citizen Review Panels: Reaching out to protect children - Providing opportunities for community members to play an integral role in ensuring the child protection system is protecting children from abuse and neglect and helping find permanent homes for them, Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Minnesota Commission on Out-of-School Time - Crafting the vision and strategies to ensure Minnesota’s young people have engaging opportunities to learn and develop in their non-school hours.

Open Appointments - Current list of state commission vacancies maintained by the Secretary of State.

Minnesota Department of Education

• Advisory Committee on Financial Management
  
  

• On-Line by 09 Advisory Committee
  
  

• Online Initiative Advisory Committee (Technology)
  
  

• Online Learning Advisory Council
  
  

• State Library Advisory Council
  
  

• State Special Education Advisory Groups