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MAY 23, 2007

School resource officers tax casualty?

For weeks, local officials have pledged that police and fire would be the last things cut if state lawmakers slash property tax revenue. But police officers in public schools is a different story.

Across Tampa Bay, funding for school resource officers -- the police who provide public safety in middle and high schools -- are popping up as one of the first cuts local governments plan to make if the Florida Legislature acts next month in a special session to shave local property tax collections. Read story here.

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