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COPAL asks for funding to expand workforce, language and labor‑protection services for Latino Minnesotans

2474437 · March 3, 2025
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Summary

Senate File 14 24 would appropriate $750,000 in FY2026 and $750,000 in FY2027 to COPAL to continue statewide workforce training, education and labor‑protection programs for Latino Minnesotans.

Senate File 14 24, presented March 3, would provide $750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the General Fund to Communities Organizing Power and Action for Latinos (COPAL) to continue workforce development, education, wage‑theft restitution and other services.

Senator Fatai, sponsor of the bill, said COPAL operates in multiple Minnesota cities and engages a statewide network. "Copal has a physical presence in the Twin Cities, Rochester, Mankato,…

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