Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF26 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; providing that certain law enforcement training
3	3	1.3 reimbursement funding is ongoing; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session
4	4	1.4 chapter 11, article 1, section 15, subdivision 3, as amended.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 15, subdivision
7	7	1.73, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8Subd. 3.Peace Officer Training Assistance
9	9	1.9Philando Castile Memorial Training Fund
10	10	1.10$6,000,000 each year is to support and
11	11	1.11strengthen law enforcement training and
12	12	1.12implement best practices. This funding shall
13	13	1.13be named the "Philando Castile Memorial
14	14	1.14Training Fund." These funds may only be used
15	15	1.15to reimburse costs related to training courses
16	16	1.16that qualify for reimbursement under
17	17	1.17Minnesota Statutes, sections 626.8452 (use of
18	18	1.18force), 626.8469 (training in crisis response,
19	19	1.19conflict management, and cultural diversity),
20	20	1.20and 626.8474 (autism training).
21	21	1.21Each sponsor of a training course is required
22	22	1.22to include the following in the sponsor's
23	23	1.23application for approval submitted to the
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0075311/26/24
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 26
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Novotny01/22/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1board: course goals and objectives; a course
34	34	2.2outline including at a minimum a timeline and
35	35	2.3teaching hours for all courses; instructor
36	36	2.4qualifications; and a plan for learning
37	37	2.5assessments of the course and documenting
38	38	2.6the assessments to the board during review.
39	39	2.7Upon completion of each course, instructors
40	40	2.8must submit student evaluations of the
41	41	2.9instructor's teaching to the sponsor.
42	42	2.10The board shall keep records of the
43	43	2.11applications of all approved and denied
44	44	2.12courses. All continuing education courses shall
45	45	2.13be reviewed after the first year. The board
46	46	2.14must set a timetable for recurring review after
47	47	2.15the first year. For each review, the sponsor
48	48	2.16must submit its learning assessments to the
49	49	2.17board to show that the course is teaching the
50	50	2.18learning outcomes that were approved by the
51	51	2.19board.
52	52	2.20A list of licensees who successfully complete
53	53	2.21the course shall be maintained by the sponsor
54	54	2.22and transmitted to the board following the
55	55	2.23presentation of the course and the completed
56	56	2.24student evaluations of the instructors.
57	57	2.25Evaluations are available to chief law
58	58	2.26enforcement officers. The board shall establish
59	59	2.27a data retention schedule for the information
60	60	2.28collected in this section.
61	61	2.29Each year, if funds are available after
62	62	2.30reimbursing all eligible requests for courses
63	63	2.31approved by the board under this subdivision,
64	64	2.32the board may use the funds to reimburse law
65	65	2.33enforcement agencies for other
66	66	2.34board-approved law enforcement training
67	67	2Section 1.
68	68	REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0075311/26/24 3.1courses. The base for this activity is $0
69	69	3.2$6,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter.
70	70	3Section 1.
71	71	REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0075311/26/24