The council consists of 23 members: 1) the commissioners or their designees from the Departments of Education, Health, Human Rights, Human Services, Public Safety, and Corrections, and the Office of Higher Education; 2) one representative each from the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Minnesota School Boards Association, Elementary School Principals Association, Association of Secondary School Principals, and Education Minnesota as selected by each organization; 3) two representatives each of school support personnel, parents, and students as selected by the commissioner of education; 4) two representatives of local law enforcement as selected by the commissioner of public safety; 5) two representatives of the judicial branch as selected by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and 6) one charter school representative selected by the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools.