SF 4899
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/27/2026 09:20 a.m.
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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
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(a) Peace Officer Training Reimbursements
$2,949,000 deleted text begin eachdeleted text end new text begin the first year and $6,042,000
the secondnew text end year deleted text begin isdeleted text end new text begin arenew text end 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 deleted text begin this subdivisiondeleted text end new text begin
paragraph (b)new text end , 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 deleted text begin $878,000deleted text end new text begin
$3,878,000new text end beginning in fiscal year 2028 and
thereafter.