Paul Bunyan Education Cooperative is an organization of area school districts that have joined together to complement and expand existing educational opportunities. In an educational environment that is constantly changing, it is difficult for individual school districts to provide specific programming in all areas of need. BEC is able to offer services that would otherwise be difficult and costly while allowing school districts to maintain their individuality. The educational services PBEC provides are supported through federal, state, and local school funds. Additional fees are not charged for participants in any program.