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Superintendent raises funding questions after RCPD request for school resource officer support
Summary
Superintendent Eric Reid told the board RCPD requested district funding for an SRO post; Reid warned the district would likely have to use general funds and asked the board for direction while noting past board opinions and a stalled legislative effort to allow capital outlay use.
Superintendent Eric Reid told the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education that Riley County Police Department leadership has asked the district to fund at least part of a school resource officer (SRO) position, and he urged the board to discuss the question of paying for SROs from district funds.
Reid said the prior board had expressed the opinion that educational dollars should not be used to pay for law enforcement in schools after the Parkland shooting, but he said the current board's view may differ. He told the board the district's remaining funding options would be the general fund or the supplemental general fund and noted those funds…
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