Schools › School Board meeting of Sep 8, 2025
Approved a one-year agreement with the City of Tavares to provide 1 police officer at Tavares Elementary School for the 2025-2026 School Resource Program.
The vote: 5-0
Voted on as part of the consent agendaA group of routine items the Board votes on together with one motion. Any commissioner can pull an item out to discuss and vote on it separately. County Commission agendas (CivicClerk portal), one motion for several items (approval of the Consent Agenda items 8.01 through 10.04).
From the School Board's official minutes.
Money, as the agenda lists it: will be in equivalent to the exact services rendered for the portion of the salary and benefits of the SRO paid from the General Fund- Safety and Security Budget-Safe Schools FEFP Allocation and Millage Fund
In plain words
A one-year agreement between the Lake County School Board and the City of Tavares to provide a School Resource Officer at Tavares Elementary School for the 2025-2026 school year.
What changes After approval, one police officer will be assigned to Tavares Elementary School as part of the School Resource Officer Program.
Who and the money Applies to Tavares Elementary School; cost is equivalent to the exact services rendered for one School Resource Officer, paid from the General Fund-Safety and Security Budget-Safe Schools FEFP Allocation and Millage fund.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "A collaborative effort between the City of Tavares and the Lake County School Board provides for law enforcement presence on campus to better promote a safe school environment."
Where Tavares Elementary School
Why (staff, quoted) "A collaborative effort between the City of Tavares and the Lake County School Board provides for law enforcement presence on campus to better promote a safe school environment."
Paid from General Fund-Safety and Security Budget-Safe Schools FEFP Allocation and Millage fund
Written from the Board's minutes and the agenda item's staff text on BoardDocs, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Agenda on BoardDocs
From the record
Agreement Between The School Board of Lake County, Florida and the City of Tavares for the School Resource Program for 2025-2026Lake County Schools agenda, Sep 8, 2025, item 8.06. Open the agenda on BoardDocs
I recommend approval of the agreement with The School Board of Lake County, Florida and the City of Tavares for the School Resource Officer Program for 2025-2026.
The Board's minutes record this item as approved, by a vote of 5-0.School Board minutes, Sep 8, 2025. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved a long-term license agreement allowing Clermont Knights Football and Cheerleading, Inc. to use Lake County school facilities.
- Next item: Approved the District's Five-Year Capital Plan for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, which lists planned school facility projects and their estimated costs.
- All items from Sep 8, 2025