Through the FY20 COPS Hiring Program, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office has agreements with Clint ISD and San Elizario ISD to employ full-time School Resource Officers (SROs). Clint ISD has 14 SROs and San Elizario ISD has 2 SROs. These SROs are County employees through the Sheriff's Office.

Minimum grant match in the amount $688,742, will be provided by the two partnering school districts. However, when SRO salary and benefit projections were completed, it was predicted additional match funds would be needed to pay for complete salaries and benefits expenses through the end of the grant award period.

The Fiscal Impact section includes a summary of the match funding needed from FY22 through FY24.

Match needed for Clint ISD SRO salaries and benefits:

FY22.......... $72,398
FY23........ $634,006
FY24.......... $64,302

Match needed for San Elizario ISD SRO salaries and benefits:

FY22.........$10,343
FY23.........$90,573
FY24...........$9,186

Total funding to be utilized for SRO salaries and benefits, if approved: $880,808

Match funding is available in: 

GF-SOPATROL-SALARY-FT REGULAR

COGF-1000-0000000-431-30-30100-0433-00000-510011-

Funds will be transferred if/when it is approved by Commissioners Court.

Grant application (2020-0175), approved by CC on 3/9/2020

Grant award acceptance (2020-0580), approved by CC on 7/20/2020