Orange County Board of Education renews school resource officer MOU for three years

The Orange County Board of Education voted to extend the district’s school resource officer (SRO) memorandum of understanding for an additional three-year term, approving the extension by roll call on a unanimous vote. Board member Smiley asked what, if any, changes had been made to the agreement since the board approved it in 2022. Frederick Davis, the district’s chief operating officer, responded that there were no changes to the contract language and that the board’s 2022 agreement, which ran through 2025, was being extended for another three-year term. “There are no changes…we extended for another three-year term, but there was no amendments or language change to the contract,” Davis said. The board made the extension formal with a motion to approve; the roll-call voting record in the meeting shows each visible board member voting yes and the motion carrying. The board did not request additional amendments or language changes during the discussion. Discussion versus decision: the substantive exchange during the agenda item consisted of a procedural question from Smiley about whether the text had been altered and Davis’s clarification that the MOU had been reread and extended without amendment. The formal action—approval of the three-year extension—was adopted by vote. Background and context: the MOU referenced in the discussion was originally approved in 2022 with a three-year term that would have ended in 2025; the board extended that same agreement for another three years. The district did not specify further operational changes to the SRO program during the meeting. The extension is effective as approved by the board; no follow-up tasks or additional reporting requirements were announced during the meeting.