1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing funding for peace officer training 
1.3 	reimbursement;amending Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 4, is amended to read:

1.6
1.7	Sec. 4. PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND 
TRAINING (POST) BOARD
 	$
	11,691,000
	$
	11,739,000
14,832,000
	
1.8 	(a) Peace Officer Training Reimbursements
1.9 	$2,949,000 each the first year and $6,042,000 
1.10 	the second year is are for reimbursements to 
1.11 	local governments for peace officer training 
1.12 	costs.
1.13 	(b) Philando Castile Memorial Training 
1.14 	Fund
1.15 	$4,942,000 each year is to support and 
1.16 	strengthen law enforcement training and 
1.17 	implement best practices. This funding shall 
1.18 	be named the "Philando Castile Memorial 
1.19 	Training Fund." These funds may only be used 
1.20 	to reimburse costs related to training courses 
1.21 	that qualify for reimbursement under 
1.22 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 626.8452 (use of 
2.1 	force), 626.8469 (training in crisis response, 
2.2 	conflict management, and cultural diversity), 
2.3 	and 626.8474 (autism training).
2.4 	Each sponsor of a training course is required 
2.5 	to include the following in the sponsor's 
2.6 	application for approval submitted to the 
2.7 	board: course goals and objectives; a course 
2.8 	outline including at a minimum a timeline and 
2.9 	teaching hours for all courses; instructor 
2.10 	qualifications; and a plan for learning 
2.11 	assessments of the course and documenting 
2.12 	the assessments to the board during review. 
2.13 	Upon completion of each course, instructors 
2.14 	must submit student evaluations of the 
2.15 	instructor's teaching to the sponsor.
2.16 	The board shall keep records of the 
2.17 	applications of all approved and denied 
2.18 	courses. All continuing education courses shall 
2.19 	be reviewed after the first year. The board 
2.20 	must set a timetable for recurring review after 
2.21 	the first year. For each review, the sponsor 
2.22 	must submit its learning assessments to the 
2.23 	board to show that the course is teaching the 
2.24 	learning outcomes that were approved by the 
2.25 	board.
2.26 	A list of licensees who successfully complete 
2.27 	the course shall be maintained by the sponsor 
2.28 	and transmitted to the board following the 
2.29 	presentation of the course and the completed 
2.30 	student evaluations of the instructors. 
2.31 	Evaluations are available to chief law 
2.32 	enforcement officers. The board shall establish 
2.33 	a data retention schedule for the information 
2.34 	collected in this section.
3.1 	Each year, if funds are available after 
3.2 	reimbursing all eligible requests for courses 
3.3 	approved by the board under this subdivision
3.4 	paragraph (b), the board may use the funds to 
3.5 	reimburse law enforcement agencies for other 
3.6 	board-approved law enforcement training 
3.7 	courses. The base for this activity is $878,000
3.8 	$3,878,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028 and 
3.9 	thereafter.