Law enforcement training appropriation

A bill for an act

relating to public safety; appropriating money for law enforcement training.

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

Section 1.
new text begin
APPROPRIATION; PHILANDO CASTILE MEMORIAL TRAINING

FUND.
new text end

new text begin

$10,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the Peace Officer

Standards and Training Board 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 this subdivision, the board

may use the funds to reimburse law enforcement agencies for other board-approved law

enforcement training courses. This is a onetime appropriation.

new text end