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POST tightens course‑reimbursement rules, requires 80% POST‑participating enrollment and updates subsistence rates

Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training · March 5, 2026
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Summary

Commissioners approved amendments to regulation 10.15 requiring presenters to ensure at least 80% of maximum course enrollment is from POST‑participating agencies (with exceptions) and updated subsistence reimbursement rates; staff said the change will cost an estimated $2 million annually but can be absorbed in the current budget.

The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training voted March 3 to amend commission regulation 10.15 to reduce per‑student cost variability and update subsistence reimbursement rates.

Staff told commissioners that some presenter reimbursement requests previously included large numbers of attendees who were not eligible for POST reimbursement, which inflated POST's per‑eligible‑student cost. "In one course the cost per eligible student was $1,331.60 because 12 of 22 attendees were ineligible," a staff presenter said, summarizing invoice examples.

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