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(11) $290,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2024 and $290,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for academy training for limited 3 authority Washington peace officers employed by the Washington state 4 gambling commission, Washington state liquor and cannabis board, 5 Washington state parks and recreation commission, department of 6 natural resources, and the office of the insurance commissioner. 7 (a) Up to 30 officers must be admitted to attend the basic law 8 enforcement academy and up to 30 officers must be admitted to attend 9 basic law enforcement equivalency academy. 10 (b) Allocation of the training slots amongst the agencies must be 11 based on the earliest application date to the commission. Training 12 does not need to commence within six months of employment. 13 (c) The state agencies must reimburse the commission for the 14 actual cost of training. 15 (12) $6,687,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 16 fiscal year 2024 and $4,668,000 of the general fund—state 17 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to establish 18 and provide basic law enforcement academy classes at three new 19 regional training academies, one in Pasco, one in Skagit county, and 20 one in Clark county. Funding in this subsection is sufficient for 75 21 percent of the costs of providing six classes per year beginning in 22 fiscal year 2024. The criminal justice training commission must 23 schedule its funded classes to minimize wait times throughout each 24 fiscal year and meet statutory wait time requirements. The criminal 25 justice training commission must track and report the average wait 26 time for students at the beginning of each class and provide the 27 findings in an annual report to the legislature due in December of 28 each year. The six classes per year are in addition to the classes in 29 subsection (2) of this section. 30 (13) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 31 year 2024 is provided solely for the criminal justice training 32 commission to develop plans for increasing training capacity. The 33 planning process should include engagement with limited law 34 enforcement agencies, tribal law enforcement representatives, and 35 local law enforcement agencies and representatives. The criminal 36 justice training commission will provide recommendations to the 37 governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature in a 38 p. 300 ESSB 5187.SL