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Lakeland administrators say county wants full SRO costs shifted to district; board resists paying more
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Jake Massey told trustees county commissioners are proposing a 'full cost recovery' model that would require the district to pay 100% of loaded salaries and a 25% overhead fee for deputy SROs; trustees asked for a usage report and said the district will not unilaterally raise its share.
Assistant Superintendent Jake Massey told the Lakeland board that county commissioners have proposed a ‘full cost recovery’ model for county deputy school-resource officers, shifting from the district’s current arrangement to a model that would require the district to pay the officers’ loaded salaries and a roughly 25% overhead fee for equipment and vehicle costs.
Massey said the change—if adopted—would move the district from paying a portion of officers’ salaries to…
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