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OCPS, five municipalities continue SRO pay talks as board weighs alternatives
Summary
District negotiators and five municipalities remain at odds over how to split any increase in state 'Safe Schools' funding for school resource officers; the board discussed options including guardians, sheriff coverage and hiring district officers.
Orange County Public Schools officials told the school board Tuesday they remain in negotiations with five municipal governments and their police agencies over pay for school resource officers (SROs) and how any new state Safe Schools funds would be distributed.
Superintendent Dr. Vasquez said the district presented an offer that would allow increases in SRO pay for the 2025‑26 and 2026‑27 school years if the statewide Safe Schools allocation increases. The offer included a cap; negotiators for the municipalities countered and asked that any increase be uncapped, she said.
The municipalities' counterproposal, as described to the board, would give the municipalities 100% of the first $20,000,000 in new statewide Safe Schools dollars and then a 60/40 split (60% to municipalities) on a subsequent increase. Dr. Vasquez said the…
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