Peace officer training reimbursement funding increase provision

A bill for an act

relating to public safety; increasing funding for peace officer training

reimbursement; amending Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 4, is amended to read:

Sec. 4.
PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND

TRAINING (POST) BOARD

$

11,691,000

$

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11,739,000

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14,832,000

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(a)
Peace Officer Training Reimbursements

$2,949,000
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each
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the first year and $6,042,000

the second
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year
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is
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are
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for reimbursements to

local governments for peace officer training

costs.

(b)
Philando Castile Memorial Training

Fund

$4,942,000 each year is to support and

strengthen law enforcement training and

implement best practices. This funding shall

be named the "Philando Castile Memorial

Training Fund." These funds may only be used

to reimburse costs related to training courses

that qualify for reimbursement under

Minnesota Statutes, sections
626.8452
(use of

force),
626.8469
(training in crisis response,

conflict management, and cultural diversity),

and
626.8474
(autism training).

Each sponsor of a training course is required

to include the following in the sponsor's

application for approval submitted to the

board: course goals and objectives; a course

outline including at a minimum a timeline and

teaching hours for all courses; instructor

qualifications; and a plan for learning

assessments of the course and documenting

the assessments to the board during review.

Upon completion of each course, instructors

must submit student evaluations of the

instructor's teaching to the sponsor.

The board shall keep records of the

applications of all approved and denied

courses. All continuing education courses shall

be reviewed after the first year. The board

must set a timetable for recurring review after

the first year. For each review, the sponsor

must submit its learning assessments to the

board to show that the course is teaching the

learning outcomes that were approved by the

board.

A list of licensees who successfully complete

the course shall be maintained by the sponsor

and transmitted to the board following the

presentation of the course and the completed

student evaluations of the instructors.

Evaluations are available to chief law

enforcement officers. The board shall establish

a data retention schedule for the information

collected in this section.

Each year, if funds are available after

reimbursing all eligible requests for courses

approved by the board under
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this subdivision
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paragraph (b)
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, the board may use the funds to

reimburse law enforcement agencies for other

board-approved law enforcement training

courses. The base for this activity is
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$878,000
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$3,878,000
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beginning in fiscal year 2028 and

thereafter.