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Board questions size and cost of proposed school resource officer contract; seeks market comparisons
Summary
Trustees pressed administration for more data before approving a proposed school resource officer (SRO) agreement with the York County Regional Police Commission; questions focused on the contract's PPU formula, a roughly $124,000 annual cost shown in the draft, and comparisons with private armed security and other districts.
Trustees at the York Suburban School District meeting pressed administration for more data before approving a proposed school resource officer (SRO) agreement that would assign a regional officer to the district.
The draft SRO agreement with the York County Regional Police Commission lists an annual base amount calculated as 75% of a personnel cost unit (PPU). At the meeting staff explained the district’s portion would be about $124,000 for the next school year, a figure several board members said was materially higher than the district expected.
Board members asked for a detailed breakdown of the PPU formula and year‑over‑year drivers of increases, and requested comparisons to both other districts that…
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