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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2015
TO: School Board Members
FROM: Jeff Eakins, Acting Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Agreement with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for the 2015/2016 School Resource Deputy Program (Division of Administration)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The School Board annually approves an agreement with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for the placement of School Resource Deputies in our secondary schools.  The agreement is administered by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for the 2015/2016 fiscal year, July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016.  The participating law enforcement agencies in the School Resource Officer Program pay 50 percent of the program cost.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office requests the School Board Chair signature be the first signature on the agreement to acknowledge acceptance of this contract prior to the county's final signature.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Demonstrate best financial practices • Promote a culture of safety, which is free from harassment, bullying, and aggression • Demonstrate "best practices" in all aspects of safety including students, employees, visitors, facilities, transportation, and health
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
The expenditure amount of $2,965,813 covers 46 School Resource Deputies and 6 supervisors for the middle and high schools.  The school district covers 50 percent of the program cost.

The expense amount, which covers the elementary school resource deputies, is $427,138.50.  This expenditure is available in the school district's Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) allocation; and $364,896 from the 2013 United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant; and $62,242.50 from the 2014 COPS grant.  This funding will end at the completion of the grant period.

EVALUATION
N/A
SUBMITTED BY:  Tanly Cabrera, Director of Administration
Lewis A. Brinson, Ed.D.   Gretchen Saunders
Assistant Superintendent for Administration
(813) 272-4071
  Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
    A 6.02
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150623_694 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.02