If you first took the Child Passenger Safety Training when the law was first passed in 2005 - It's time to take the training again!  This training is required every five years and it has been five years.
Your renewal of this training will include information on the new booster seat laws passed last year.
Minnesota's new child passenger safety law requires a child who is both under age 8 and shorter than 4 feet 9 inches to be fastened in a child safety seat or booster. Under this law, a child cannot use a seat belt alone until they are age 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall — whichever comes first. It is recommended to keep a child in a booster based on their height, rather than their age.
Boosters are seat lifts that help raise a child up so a seat belt fits properly.
Kids that are shorter than 4 feet 9 inches aren’t ready to use a seat belt alone. Poor belt fit can contribute to death or serious injury — including ejection, internal decapitation and serious abdominal damage. A sign a belt does not fit properly is if it rubs against a child’s neck, or the child tucks the belt behind their back.
Most common child passenger safety mistakes
• Turning a child from a rear-facing restraint to a forward-facing restraint too soon.
• Restraint is not secured tight enough — it should not shift more than one inch side-to-side or out from the seat.
• Harness on the child is not tight enough — if you can pinch harness material, it’s too loose.
• Retainer clip is up too high or too low — should be at the child’s armpit level.
• The child is in the wrong restraint — don’t rush your child into a seat belt.
• Don't Skip a Step
 
Booster Fact Sheets and Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
Don’t Skip a Step brochure
Booster Seat Flyer
Minnesota CPS Law Overview
CPS Fact Sheet
Booster Seat Fact Sheet
www.carseatsmadesimple.org

Find all this information and more from the Minnesota's Office of Traffic Safety website: 

http://www.buckleupkids.state.mn.us/