NBISD proposal assigns district 75% of city school officer costs

The city would send itemized quarterly invoices within 30 days after each quarter, and NBISD would pay within 30 days of receipt. Timesheets and a vehicle-and-equipment amortization schedule would accompany the bills. Those records would show what the city charged and what the district paid.

What the payments would buy

City officers would remain New Braunfels employees under the police chief. The regular school-year service window would begin one week before instruction and end one week after dismissal, with 40 hours a week per officer reduced by leave, training, court duty and emergencies. The city would make reasonable efforts to provide a substitute when an assigned officer is unavailable.

The agreement excludes duties outside the service area and after-hours events from regular SRO service. Both a police supervisor and the district superintendent or designee would have to approve school-duty overtime before it is performed. The proposed agreement would run from Nov. 9, 2026, through June 30, 2029.

The next number to watch

Trustees’ Nov. 9 decision would determine whether the district accepts these terms. An executed agreement, staffed campus assignments and the first quarterly invoice would then show the coverage delivered and the actual division of costs. Readers can inspect the proposed agreement’s payment and service provisions now, and compare them with those later records.