The Franklin County school district
will be able to pay for the school resource officers that work at
local schools, taking the expense off the county.
School superintendent Traci Moses said
the district will receive about 307 thousand dollars in additional
state funding this year earmarked for increased school security.
The money is being made available
through the
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act
which was signed by the governor in early March after a school
shooting in Florida that killed 17 people.
The money will allow the Franklin
County school district to pay the salaries for the three sheriff's
deputies who work at the schools.
In the past the county commission has
covered almost all of the cost as part of the sheriff's department
budget.
Moses told commissioners that she
appreciates the support that the county has given keeping our school
safe and secure but she is also happy to give some money back.
With the next school year there will be
officers at the Franklin county School, the Apalachicola Bay Charter
School and at the old Browne Elementary school which houses the
alternative school and soon the pre-kindergarten program.
Moses said some of the money will also
have to fund some new positions required by the state including a
district safety officer and a safety specialist.
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