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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 would be funded. Gladio deferred to CFO Miss Ellis and Superintendent Dr. Stover to confirm whether state allotments such as the district’s “state 69” funding line could be counted. Miss Ellis confirmed the district currently pays municipal SRO invoices from state 69 but said she needed clarification on whether those expenditures may be used as match funding under the grant rules.
Dr. Stover and Gladio said the district has not received a memorandum specifying a deadline for acceptance; Gladio asked for a decision no later than January so the Center could award funds elsewhere if the district declines.
The board did not vote to accept the grant at the Jan. 13 meeting. Instead, members asked the finance committee to examine the specific line items and funding-source rules and to report back at the district work session. Gladio said the grant would help pay SRO salaries billed by municipalities but would not fully fund all SRO costs; the award would significantly reduce but not eliminate other district or local contributions.
Clarifying details included that the award was competitive and that the Center for Safer Schools is now administered under the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Board members agreed to review the funding-source options at the finance committee before acting on final acceptance.
