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Board discusses school resource officer interlocal agreement; full program review set for November
Summary
Board members heard details about the annual interlocal agreement with the city of Lincoln for school resource officers (SROs). Staff said the agreement covers 14 SROs and shared training and scheduling details; the board requested a brief overview at the next meeting and a full program review in November.
The Lincoln Board of Education discussed the district's annual interlocal agreement with the city of Lincoln that funds school resource officers but did not finalize the agreement at Tuesday's meeting. District staff described the existing partnership, how the staffing is organized and annual training requirements, and told the board an in-depth program review will be presented in November.
District staff said the current agreement covers 14 school resource officers (SROs) and one SRO support position assigned across the district's high schools and middle schools. "The dollar number on here represents 50% of the salary of the school resource officers as our part of the agreement," staff said when summarizing the financial terms of the interlocal.
Board members asked for clarity about SRO daily schedules and training. The presenter described a typical work pattern: SROs begin with a morning briefing and may be excused from morning reporting to respond to incidents, but the agreement's language "does say to the extent possible," which allows flexibility when officers need to respond to events outside the school day. The presenter added that SROs participate in annual professional learning alongside district administrators and that the district has a grant to scale training; there is a minimum training requirement of 20 hours and the district provides more than that.
Board direction and next steps
- The board requested a brief overview of what SROs do and highlights from recent reports at a future board meeting so the community can better understand the service model. - Staff confirmed the SRO program will undergo a scheduled, in-depth program review through the SSKI board in November followed by a summary to the Lincoln Board of Education.
What was said
"This is simply the agreement with the city to continue to have our school resource officer program. The dollar number on here represents 50% of the salary of the school resource officers as our part of the agreement," the presenter told the board. "For those unfamiliar with it, there is a significant amount of data collection, analysis, and reporting, and deep diving that occurs. That occurs at that time and across those two meetings." (SRO presenter)
The agreement itself was not adopted at this meeting; staff said it could return for a second reading in late August if needed.
