MPS school resource officers, board approves funding motion
The Brief
The Milwaukee Board of School Directors approved a motion Thursday to authorize funding to comply with a judge's order.
A judge ordered MPS and Milwaukee to split the cost of school resource officers and gave a Feb. 27 deadline.
A 2023 law required school resources officers to return to MPS by January 2024, but that didn't happen.
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Board of School Directors on Thursday night unanimously approved a motion to authorize the necessary funding to comply with a judge's order related to the return of school resource officers.
The backstory
In 2023, Gov. Tony Evers signed a law that allowed Milwaukee to implement a sales tax. Part of the deal required MPS to put 25 school resource officers in schools by January 2024. A parent sued when that didn't happen.
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Milwaukee County Judge David Borowski on Monday ordered MPS and the city to split the cost of school resource officers 50-50 and gave them a Feb. 27 deadline to comply. The total cost is estimated to be just short of $1.6 million for a school year.
What's next
FOX6 News asked interim MPS Superintendent Eduardo Galvan where the money comes from in the district budget. He said he isn't exactly sure yet, but insists MPS has a plan.
"A lot depends on how many officers are actually available, so, you know, that will depend – so if there's 10 available, we will have a plan for those. If there's 20 available, if there's 25, so, we will have a plan," he said. "We do have a plan, but until we know specifics, it's a little bit hard for me to say exactly what that is."
The city and the school district still need to come to an agreement, officially a memorandum of understanding, that will govern the partnership. The city attorney's office has a hand in that.
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FOX6 reached out to a city spokesperson to see where things stand at City Hall, but did not immediately hear back.
In a statement, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors said it "anticipates the arrival" of school resource officers before the Feb. 27 deadline.
The Source
FOX6 News attended Thursday's meeting and referenced prior coverage of the situation for this report.
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