Education

Special Student & Teacher Programs - Student Organizations

Statewide Outcome(s):

Student Organizations supports the following statewide outcome(s).

Minnesotans have the education and skills needed to achieve their goals.

Context:

The Minnesota Foundation of Student Organizations (MFSO) exists to promote career and technical student organizations that provide student opportunities for applied leadership, personal development, community service, and career preparation that allow students to enter the workforce with the skills needed to be a leader in Minnesota. The student organizations under oversight of the MFSO are funded through the general fund.

Strategies:

The Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations (MFSO) promotes and supports career and technical student organizations as they work to provide student opportunities for leadership, personal development, community service and career preparation in the following ways:

1.     MFSO provides operating grants to student career and technical organizations to support their ongoing activities. Student organizations currently funded by the Foundation for Student Organizations include:

·         HOSA - Health Occupations Students of America

·         FCCLA-HERO – Service Occupations

·         FCCLA – Family & Consumer Science Occupations

·         FFA – Agriculture and Agribusiness Education

·         PAS - Post Secondary Agricultural Students

·         BPA – Business Occupations (Postsecondary)

·         BPA – Business Occupations (Secondary)

·         DECA – Marketing Occupations

2.     MFSO develops public-private partnerships for funding and to create opportunities for student members as well as a pipeline to future skilled employees for Minnesota businesses.

3.     MFSO serves as the body for coordinating joint activities and outreach among its member student organizations.

The foundation was established by the legislature in 1996 and is directed by a 23 member foundation board formed in January 1998.

Results:

Despite pressures that are limiting career and technical education program opportunities in schools, participation in career and technical education student organizations continues to rise.

Performance Measures Notes:

*Previous: FY 2006 / Current: FY 2011