Board approves multiyear SRO MOUs, sets staggered end dates and funding limits
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The Nash County Board of Education approved amended multiyear memoranda of understanding for school resource officers, setting Nash County agreements to end June 30, 2027 and City of Rocky Mount agreements to end June 30, 2028, after clarifying funding limits and MOU history.
The Nash County Board of Education voted to approve amended school resource officer (SRO) memoranda of understanding that extend multiyear agreements and add five elementary SRO positions funded in part by a $500,000 county allocation.
Doctor Farrell, presenting the Student Support Services committee item, said the district has sought two-year MOU cycles since 2022. "Beginning in the 2022 school year, Nash County Public Schools started requesting that MOUs be approved for 2 school years," he said, and described two prior two-year cycles that ran through June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2026.
Farrell told the board the county's $500,000 funding required an amendment to include five additional SROs for elementary schools. He said legal review among the City of Rocky Mount, Nash County government and the school system led to differing proposed time frames for the MOUs.
Board attorney Jason Weber explained the county attorney's concerns about multiyear agreements tied to salary changes and accounting for out-year costs. Weber said the county put two options on the table: limit the county MOU period through the 2026–27 school year (ending June 30, 2027), or include a provision to reimburse actual costs not to exceed 3% above the agreed $1,120,000 cap for a term through June 30, 2028. "With these multiyear SRO agreements . . . there can sometimes be concerns" about paying salaries and accounting for future cost-of-living increases, Weber said.
After discussion, Doctor Chavis moved and the motion was seconded to approve the recommended MOU terms. The board approved the MOUs on a roll-call vote; the motion carried.
The meeting record shows the City of Rocky Mount's attorney agreed to the longer time frame through June 30, 2028, while Nash County government raised questions that led the board to adopt the shorter county MOU period through June 30, 2027. The record also references an invoice cap of $1,120,000 for the SROs and a potential reimbursement allowance presented by the county attorney as an alternative.
The board did not set a single uniform term for all SRO agreements; instead, the approved action reflects different end dates and conditions for county and City of Rocky Mount partnerships. The vote was recorded as carried by roll call.