as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 04/25/2025 04:33pm
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Introduction | Posted on 02/19/2025 |
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing that certain law enforcement training
reimbursement funding is ongoing; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session
chapter 11, article 1, section 15, subdivision 3, as amended.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 15, subdivision
3, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.Peace Officer Training Assistance
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Philando Castile Memorial Training Fund
$6,000,000 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 this subdivision,
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 $0deleted text end new text begin
$6,000,000new text end in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter.