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Board hears request to match $581,750 SRO grant; tables decision for finance review
Summary
District safety staff reported a two-year award totaling $581,750 from the Center for Safer Schools that requires a 25% local match. The board asked the finance committee to clarify whether state allotments (notably 'state 69') can be counted toward the match and tabled the final decision to a work session.
Mister Gladio told the Rockingham County Board of Education that the district was awarded $581,750 from the Center for Safer Schools and that accepting the award requires a 25% match.
“The grant requires a 25% match,” Gladio said. He explained the award is for two school years and covers the same amount for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the 25% match equals $145,437.50 per year, or $290,875 across the two years.
Board members asked how the match…
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