SF 5063

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/10/2026 09:32 a.m.

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.
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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.
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