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Department of Corrections asks Legislature for supplemental funding, larger ongoing operating adjustment
Summary
Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell told the House Public Safety Committee the agency needs a fiscal-year 2025 deficiency appropriation to cover higher staffing costs and that the governor's request includes substantial ongoing operating increases for 2026–27.
Paul Schnell, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, told the House Public Safety Committee that the agency had moved from chronic staffing shortages to a near‑full complement after recent bargaining and recruitment work but now faces a budget shortfall because vacancy savings the department historically used are no longer available.
Commissioner Schnell said the DOC is requesting a fiscal 2025 deficiency of $9.1 million from the general fund and authority to reallocate $10.0 million of existing rider/spent program appropriations to help close the gap. He said the…
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