Proposed budget summary of criminal justice training funding

The Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) was established in 1974 for the primary purpose of providing basic law enforcement training, corrections training, and educational programs for criminal justice personnel. All law enforcement personnel hired, transferred, or promoted are required to complete the core training requirements within six months.

The supplemental operating budgets for the CJTC proposed by each chamber differ in the following ways:

Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA)

• The House provides funding for two classes in FY 2019; whereas
• The Senate only provides funding for one additional class.

Additional BLEA training class

• Both the House and Senate provide local expenditure authority for one locally-funded BLEA class in February 2018.

Corrections Officer Academy

• The Senate provides funding for three additional classes each fiscal year; whereas
• The House provides two additional classes in FY 2018 and three additional classes in FY 2019.

Equivalency Academy

• Both the House and Senate provide funding for one additional class in each fiscal year. Equivalency Academy classes retrain officers who are certified in another state or have experienced a break in law enforcement employment.