Agenda 06/24/2025 Item #16k5 (Approval of MOU with Collier County School Board and Sheriff’s Office for School Resource Officers in County Schools)6/24/2025
Item # 16.K.5
ID# 2025-2204
Executive Summary
Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the District
School Board of Collier County and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office concerning School Resource Officers within
Collier County schools.
OBJECTIVE: To formalize the agreement between Collier County, the District School Board of Collier County
(School Board), and the Collier County Sheriff’s office (CCSO), relating to police officers assigned to serve and protect
school sites as School Resource Officers (SROs) for the 2024-2025 academic school year.
CONSIDERATIONS: The School Board has requested this item. Chapter 1006.12, Fla. Stat., directs each district
school board to partner with law enforcement agencies to establish safe-school officers at each school facility within the
school district. Dedicated state funding is set aside each year for this mandate. Since 2018 the School Board has been
sending the full allocation that they receive for this program to the County, to offset CCSO’s increased costs for this
program.
The proposed MOU formalizes the agreement among the School Board, County, and CCSO, for the 2024-2025
academic school year pertaining to the provision of SROs to certain school sites and the payment of a one-time
contribution to the County to be used to offset a portion of the cost and expense of providing SROs. We do this every
year.
FISCAL IMPACT: The county will be reimbursed for the costs incurred in providing SRO’s.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this action.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, is approved as to form and
legality, and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATIONS: To approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the District School Board of Collier County and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office concerning police
officers serving as School Resource Officers within Collier County schools.
PREPARED BY: Jeffrey A. Klatzkow
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Memorandum of Understanding
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