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Senate bill would let the state reallocate unused school safety funds to districts that exhaust their allotments; debate focuses on SROs vs. other supports
Summary
Sen. William Fulton proposed a bill enabling the school safety subcabinet to reallocate unspent Safe Schools Fund dollars to districts that demonstrated need; committee debate highlighted differing views on school resource officers and alternative investments such as counselors and behavioral supports.
Sen. William Fulton presented Senate Bill 136, which would authorize the school safety subcabinet to reallocate unspent Safe Schools Fund dollars within the same fiscal year to local school systems that have exhausted their allocations and demonstrated further need.
"This is not a new funding source," Fulton said. He explained that Maryland annually allocates $10 million for school-safety uses and that significant portions of some counties' allocations go unused while others report unmet need. Fulton used Frederick County as an example, saying the county lists 71 public schools but that only 25 school resource officers are hired and…
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